# The Wood Beyond the World — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris.

- [I: Of Golden Walter and His Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/i-of-golden-walter-and-his-father.md): Golden Walter, a young man of Langton on Holm, is unhappy in his marriage to a beautiful but unfaithful wife. He asks his father, the wealthy merchant Bartholomew Golden, for permission to sail away on the ship Katherine
- [II: Golden Walter Takes Ship to Sail the Seas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/ii-golden-walter-takes-ship-to-sail-the-seas.md): Walter goes down to the Katherine, where the skipper Geoffrey shows him his room and the goods his father has sent. While waiting, he sees a tall ship and three strangers board it: a hideous dwarf in yellow silk, a fair 
- [III: Walter Heareth Tidings of the Death of His Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/iii-walter-heareth-tidings-of-the-death-of-his-father.md): Walter, sailing with the Katherine on a trading voyage, gradually recovers from his earlier melancholy and begins to enjoy life in a distant city. After many months, Arnold Penstrong arrives with news of Bartholomew Gold
- [IV: Storm Befalls the Bartholomew, and She Is Driven Off Her Course](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/iv-storm-befalls-the-bartholomew-and-she-is-driven-off-her-course.md): The Bartholomew sails northwest for four weeks before a storm drives it off course. Walter, initially anxious about returning home to a feud, finds solace in the prospect of continued wandering and new lands, as the ship
- [V: Now They Come to a New Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/v-now-they-come-to-a-new-land.md): After three days of sailing before the wind, the crew of the Katherine sights a new land—a shore of rocks and mountains with a green plain and a river. They anchor and tow the ship upriver, where they meet an old man liv

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- [VI: The Old Man Tells Walter of Himself. Walter Sees a Shard in the Cliff-Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/vi-the-old-man-tells-walter-of-himself-walter-sees-a-shard-in-the-cliff-wall.md)
- [VII: Walter Comes to the Shard in the Rock-Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/vii-walter-comes-to-the-shard-in-the-rock-wall.md)
- [VIII: Walter Wends the Waste](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/viii-walter-wends-the-waste.md)
- [IX: Walter Happeneth on the First of Those Three Creatures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/ix-walter-happeneth-on-the-first-of-those-three-creatures.md)
- [X: Walter Happeneth on Another Creature in the Strange Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/x-walter-happeneth-on-another-creature-in-the-strange-land.md)
- [XI: Walter Happeneth on the Mistress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xi-walter-happeneth-on-the-mistress.md)
- [XII: The Wearing of Four Days in the Wood Beyond the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xii-the-wearing-of-four-days-in-the-wood-beyond-the-world.md)
- [XIII: Now Is the Hunt Up](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xiii-now-is-the-hunt-up.md)
- [XIV: The Hunting of the Hart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xiv-the-hunting-of-the-hart.md)
- [XV: The Slaying of the Quarry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xv-the-slaying-of-the-quarry.md)
- [XVI: Of the King’s Son and the Maid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xvi-of-the-king-s-son-and-the-maid.md)
- [Of the House and the Pleasance in the Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xvii-of-the-house-and-the-pleasance-in-the-wood.md)
- [The Maid Gives Walter Tryst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xviii-the-maid-gives-walter-tryst.md)
- [XIX: Walter Goes to Fetch Home the Lion’s Hide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xix-walter-goes-to-fetch-home-the-lion-s-hide.md)
- [XX: Walter Is Bidden to Another Tryst](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xx-walter-is-bidden-to-another-tryst.md)
- [Walter and the Maid Flee from the Golden House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxi-walter-and-the-maid-flee-from-the-golden-house.md)
- [Of the Dwarf and the Pardon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxii-of-the-dwarf-and-the-pardon.md)
- [Of the Peaceful Ending of That Wild Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxiii-of-the-peaceful-ending-of-that-wild-day.md)
- [XXIV: The Maid Tells of What Had Befallen Her](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxiv-the-maid-tells-of-what-had-befallen-her.md)
- [Of the Triumphant Summer Array of the Maid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxv-of-the-triumphant-summer-array-of-the-maid.md)
- [XXVI: They Come to the Folk of the Bears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxvi-they-come-to-the-folk-of-the-bears.md)
- [Morning Amongst the Bears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxvii-morning-amongst-the-bears.md)
- [XXVIII: Of the New God of the Bears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxviii-of-the-new-god-of-the-bears.md)
- [XXIX: Walter Strays in the Pass and Is Sundered from the Maid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxix-walter-strays-in-the-pass-and-is-sundered-from-the-maid.md)
- [XXX: Now They Meet Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxx-now-they-meet-again.md)
- [XXXI: They Come Upon New Folk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxxi-they-come-upon-new-folk.md)
- [XXXII: Of the New King of the City and Land of Stark-Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxxii-of-the-new-king-of-the-city-and-land-of-stark-wall.md)
- [Concerning the Fashion of King-Making in Stark-Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxxiii-concerning-the-fashion-of-king-making-in-stark-wall.md)
- [XXXIV: Now Cometh the Maid to the King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxxiv-now-cometh-the-maid-to-the-king.md)
- [XXXV: Of the King of Stark-Wall and His Queen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxxv-of-the-king-of-stark-wall-and-his-queen.md)
- [XXXVI: Of Walter and the Maid in the Days of the Kingship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/xxxvi-of-walter-and-the-maid-in-the-days-of-the-kingship.md)

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