An edition of The witch in the wood (1939)

The witch in the wood

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An edition of The witch in the wood (1939)

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by T. H. White

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The second book in his epic work, The Once and Future King. It continues the story of the newly-crowned King Arthur, his tutelage by the wise Merlyn, his war against King Lot, and also introduces the Orkney clan, a group of characters who would cause the eventual downfall of the king.

Publish Date

1939

Publisher

G. P. Putnam's sons

Language

English

Pages

269

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First Sentence

"THE LAND OF LOTHIAN AND ORKNEY lies in the northern latitudes. It is a country of bog and mountain, where the wind whistles all day, and at night the turf fires glow with small flames in a kind of rusty saffron. The nearest neighbors live ten miles apart, and the grouse say "Talk," and the wild merlins can be seen sweeping over the swelling lands in their pursuit of pipits and larks and the white-bottomed wheatears which dodge into gorse bushes. It is all heather and loveliness, and the town people say: "Aow, ain't it 'orrible. I can't bear them lonely places with nothink in them. It's sort of melancholy, annit?""

Edition Notes

This is the original 1939 edition. As of July 2024, every single edition following this one, including all of those published as part of the omnibus "The Once and Future King" and every e-book release, contain a later revision (which might as well be called a rewrite). The latter is much shorter and darker in tone.
The beginning of the two editions is different, so check the incipit below for a quick way of determining which edition you have.

Published in: New York

Classifications

Library of Congress: PR6045 .H2 W8

The Physical Object

Format: Hardcover
Pagination: vii, 269 [1] p.
Number of pages: 269

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL14625901M
LCCN: 39031048
OCLC/WorldCat: 633847
Library Thing: 818784
Anna's Archive: d4aeb87292c8bfd2cfd7a454487e3301, 038996247613200a8887d57a25b2938f, 1a1f1f2a5f0900e069b3b91544fd40e6

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The witch in the wood

by T. H. White