The Well at the World's End

Sir Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legend, the single most influential source on King Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere, Lancelot, the Round Table, and the Holy Grail in English literature.

Sir Thomas Malory

Howard Pyle's 1883 definitive novelization of the Robin Hood legend, turning fragmented ballads into the canonical narrative of Sherwood Forest, Little John, Friar Tuck, and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Howard Pyle

The foundational collection of medieval Welsh mythology, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest in 1877. Includes Pwyll, Branwen, Math ap Mathonwy, Kulhwch and Olwen, and three Arthurian romances.

Lady Charlotte Guest

William Morris's 1894 pioneering secondary-world fantasy, widely credited as one of the earliest modern fantasy novels and a direct ancestor of Tolkien and Lewis. A tale of a young man, a mysterious Lady, and the Maid who serves her.

William Morris

Lord Dunsany's 1905 debut, the invented mythology that pioneered the entire weird and secondary-world fantasy tradition. Illustrated in photogravure by S. H. Sime. A primary influence on Lovecraft, Tolkien, and Le Guin.

Lord Dunsany