House of the Wolfings (off-topic)

[Hermes Serpent]

House of the Wolfings

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2885

A listing of Morris' material including some related to the Arts and Crafts Movement (printing, design etc)

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/107

[Dunheved]

Hi Hermes, thanks for the Gutenberg link.

Am enjoying the story.

[Falenthal]

Has anyone also read "The roots of the Mountains", that seems to follow "The House of the Wolfings"?

It's also for free in the Gutenberg Project.

The Tolkien Gateway says this about the book:

The Roots of the Mountains is a novel by William Morris, which follows the Gothic theme from its predecessor, The House of the Wolfings.

J.R.R. Tolkien stated in a letter that he was inspired by The Roots of the Mountains in his depiction of the Dead Marshes and the approaches to the Morannon in The Lord of the Rings. It has also been suggested that "almost certainly J.R.R. Tolkien remembered The Roots of the Mountains when he created Gollum".

[Glorelendil]

Downloading it now! Thanks!

[Falenthal]

I also found this concerning "The roots of the mountain", the sequel to "The House of the Wolfings", in the wikipedia:

According to Graham Seaman, "The Roots of the Mountains seems to be the story that inspired the subplot of the Dunedain, wanderers of a fading heroic past defending the frontiers of the Shire against the Orcs, and the loves of Aragorn, Eowyn, Faramir, and Arwen in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings."

The first sentence of the summary says this:

The story is set in the Burgdales, a group of small Germanic settlements in the valleys at the foot of a mountain range, and the neighbouring woodlands and pastures. The area is inhabited by the interdependent Dalemen, who are weavers, smiths, and traders, the Woodlanders, who are hunters and carpenters, and the Shepherds.

Wilderland anyone?

[zedturtle]

I also found this concerning "The roots of the mountain", the sequel to "The House of the Wolfings", in the wikipedia:

According to Graham Seaman, "The Roots of the Mountains seems to be the story that inspired the subplot of the Dunedain, wanderers of a fading heroic past defending the frontiers of the Shire against the Orcs, and the loves of Aragorn, Eowyn, Faramir, and Arwen in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings."

The first sentence of the summary says this:

The story is set in the Burgdales, a group of small Germanic settlements in the valleys at the foot of a mountain range, and the neighbouring woodlands and pastures. The area is inhabited by the interdependent Dalemen, who are weavers, smiths, and traders, the Woodlanders, who are hunters and carpenters, and the Shepherds.

Wilderland anyone?

Brilliant!