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Njal's Saga by Leifur Eiricksson
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It ...Show more
The Saga of Grettir the Strong by Leifur Eiricksson
Category: Classics
Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastor ...Show more
The Saga of the People of Laxardal & Bolli Bollason's Tale by Leifur Eiricksson
Category: Classics
The action of the saga takes place at the end of the tenth century, at about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to Christianity. A masterpiece of medieval literature, the story focuses on two families - that of Hoskuld, a prominent farmer with several sons, and that of Gudrun ...Show more
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