About the book: year / W. Morris (1834 - 1896) is better known in Russia as an artist and propagandist of socialist ideas, but this edition of one of Morris's best novels ` Waters of the Marvelous Islands will allow the reader to take a fresh look at the work of this writer, a classic of English literature, an enthusiastic singer of the Middle Ages, one of the founders of the fantasy genre, who successfully used the traditions of the Gothic novel in his books.