{"product_id":"the-story-of-the-glittering-plain-by-wiliam-morris-fiction-classics-fantasy-fairy-tales-folk-tales-legends-mythology-9781606641668","title":"The Story of the Glittering Plain by Wiliam Morris, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026 Mythology","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e A GENERATION BEFORE J.R.R. TOLKIEN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA generation before J.R.R.Tolkien, William Morris invented the modern heroic fantasy, popularized in Lord of the Rings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he is best known for The Wood Beyond the World, and The Well at World's End, this novel is actually his first heroic fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Glittering Plain is the flip side of Morris' famous Utopian novel News from Nowhere. Icelandic and epic in style and tone, it tells of a hero named Hallblithe and his saga to a place of eternal life in search for lost love. Not only is she not there, though . . . Hallblithe discovers it is an eternal life without meaning . . . and must escape!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the sweeping and exciting novel of fantasy and enchantment that started it all!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606641668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"William Morris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166115856565,"sku":"9781606641668","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_51d1fd24-0ecb-4165-98ed-9d0695670a5b.jpg?v=1696920565","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-story-of-the-glittering-plain-by-wiliam-morris-fiction-classics-fantasy-fairy-tales-folk-tales-legends-mythology-9781606641668","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}