Stories from the Earthly Paradise

George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1918

The Earthly Paradise, written between 1868 and 1870, by the celebrated artist, craftsman and author William Morrus, was the outcome of his admiration for Chaucer and his desire to write a collection of stories in verse arranged like The Canterbury Tales. Morris planned that his cycle of stories be told by a company of seafarers from various corners of Europe thrown together in their old age by the strange chances of fortune. Here Morris's stories are retold in prose form by Madalen Edgar. Black and white plates by a selection of illustrators accompany the stories...