The Water Of The Wondrous Isles (1897) Fantasy Novel (World's Classics)

The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first writer of modern fantasy to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus a precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature.It was first printed in 1897 by Morris' own Kelmscott Press on vellum and artisanal paper in a blackletter type of his own design. For the wider reading public, a hardcover trade edition was published later that year by Longmans, Green and Co. The novel's importance in the history of fantasy

• • Author: William Morris
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Apr 06, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 214 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1530921260
• • ISBN-13: 9781530921263