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<p><i>The House of the Wolfings</i> tells the tale of a band of German Goths living in a wood they call the Mark. Their lives are idyllic until the long shadow of the Roman Empire threatens the peace in their land. Thiodolf, the leader of the Wolfings and a descendant of the ancient gods, must rally the surrounding tribes to defend their home and way of life.</p>
<p>Like much of <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/william-morris">Morris’s</a> work, <i>The House of the Wolfings</i> is written in a purposefully-archaic prose style, with significant portions of the dialog presented in verse. His goal was to explore the language and atmosphere of the medieval ages that so fascinated him, and the result is a uniquely rich and evocative narrative.</p>
<p>Morris also uses the contrast of the content and agrarian Goths with the violent and rapacious city-dwelling Romans to invoke one of his favorite themes: socialism. Our heroes are happy to live in an egalitarian society, with men and women valued equally, and close to the land and tradition. Meanwhile, the Roman invaders, unhappy in their modern lifestyle, seek personal glory and ever more booty, leading to nothing but destruction.</p>
<p>The novel, as a work grounded in reality but with an aspect of the magical or supernatural, it one of the first forefathers of modern fantasy fiction. Indeed, <i>The House of the Wolfings</i> was a direct inspiration to J. R. R. Tolkien, who, acknowledging such in a 1960s letter, drew from it concepts as diverse as mysterious dwarves who are talented armorers, to tribes of Goths reminiscent of Tolkien’s Rohan, to a deep forest named Mirkwood.</p>
<p>The novel, as a work grounded in reality but with an aspect of the magical or supernatural, it’s one of the first forefathers of modern fantasy fiction. Indeed, <i>The House of the Wolfings</i> was a direct inspiration to J. R. R. Tolkien, who, acknowledging such in a 1960s letter, drew from it concepts as diverse as mysterious dwarves who are talented armorers, to tribes of Goths reminiscent of Tolkien’s Rohan, to a deep forest named Mirkwood.</p>
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