William Morris





William Morris

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born
March 24, 1834 in Walthamstow, The United Kingdom

died
December 13, 1901

gender
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William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, socialist and Marxist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris wrote and published poetry, fiction, and translations of ancient and medieval texts throughout his life. His best-known works include The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858), The Earthly Paradise (1868–1870), A Dream of John Ball and the utopian News from Nowhere. He was an important figure in the emergence of socialism in Britain, founding the Socialist League in 1884, but breaking with the movement over goals and methods by the end of that decade. He devoted much of the rest of his life to the Kelmscott Press, which he founded...more


Average rating: 3.91 · 3,094 ratings · 216 reviews · 317 distinct works
The Wood Beyond the World
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 1894 — 40 editions
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News from Nowhere and Other...
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3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1890 — 11 editions
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1889 — 89 editions
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1896 — 81 editions
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The Sundering Flood
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1897 — 24 editions
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The Glittering Plain
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1891 — 32 editions
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Useful Work Versus Useless ...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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The Water of the Wondrous I...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1897 — 33 editions
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The House of the Wolfings
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1889 — 50 editions
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Complete Stories and Poems
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 53,729 ratings — published 1849 — 147 editions
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More books by William Morris…
“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
William Morris

“...I do not want art for a few; any more than education for a few; or freedom for a few... ”
William Morris

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”
William Morris

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