Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by London : Blackie. This book was released on 1890 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw A Story of Iceland written by S. Baring Gould and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-08-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now just thirty years since I first began to read the “Saga of Grettir the Strong” in Icelandic. At that time I had only a Danish grammar of Icelandic and an Icelandic-Danish dictionary, and I did not know a word of Danish. So I had to learn Danish in order to learn Icelandic. It was laborious work making out the Saga, and every line when I began took me some time to understand. Moreover, I had not much time at my disposal, for then I was a master in a school. Now, after I had worked a little way into the Saga, I became intensely interested in it myself, and it struck me that my boys whom I taught might like to hear about Grettir. So I tried every day to translate, after school hours, a chapter, hardly ever more at first, and sometimes not even as much as that. Then, when on half-holidays I proposed a walk to some of my scholars, they were keen to hear the story of Grettir. Well, Grettir went on for some months in this way, a fresh instalment of the tale coming every half-holiday, and it was really wonderful how interested and delighted the boys were with the story. Nor was I less so; the labour of translation which was so great at first became rapidly lighter, and I was as much interested in the adventures of the hero as were the boys. The other day I met an old pupil of mine, and almost the first thing he said to me was: “Oh! do you remember Grettir? Thirty years ago! Fancy! I am a married man and have boys of my own, and I have often tried to tell them the story which made such an impression on me, but I cannot remember all the incidents nor their order. I do wish you would write it as a story for boys. I should like to read it myself again, and my boys would love it.” “Very well,” I said, “I will do so.” Now my boy readers must understand that I have told them the story in my own words and in my own way. I went to Iceland in 1861, and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir. Consequently, I am able to help out and illustrate the tale by what I actually saw. In the original book there is a great deal more than I have attempted to retell, but much has to do with the ancestors of Grettir, and there are other incidents introduced of no great importance and very confusing to the memory. So I have taken the leading points in the story, and given them...FROM THE BOOKS.
Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of the Grettis saga.
Download or read book The Saga of Grettir the Strong written by and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga by Unknown has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.
Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by Sbaring-Gould and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thrilling adventure novel tells the story of Grettir, an Icelandic outlaw on a mission to clear his name and find redemption. Along the way, he faces fierce enemies and undertakes terrifying challenges, all while embodying the spirit of Icelandic heroism and valor. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book GRETTIR THE OUTLAW written by S.BARING-GOULD and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Grettir the Strong written by William Morris and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Grettir the Strong by William Morris A life scarce worth the living, a poor fame Scarce worth the winning, in a wretched land, Where fear and pain go upon either hand, As toward the end men fare without an aim Unto the dull grey dark from whence they came: Let them alone, the unshadowed sheer rocks stand Over the twilight graves of that poor band, Who count so little in the great world's game! Nay, with the dead I deal not; this man lives, And that which carried him through good and ill, Stern against fate while his voice echoed still From rock to rock, now he lies silent, strives With wasting time, and through its long lapse gives Another friend to me, life's void to fill. been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Three Icelandic Outlaw Sagas written by and published by Viking Society for Northern Research University College. This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are three epic stories of exile and adventure: the heroes condemned to wander their lands in expiation of crimes committed in honour's name. The book includes an introduction, notes, a text summary and a chronology of early Icelandic literature.
Download or read book The Saga of Grettir the Strong Grettir s Saga written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Saga of Grettir the Strong' is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It details the life of Grettir Ásmundarson, a bellicose Icelandic outlaw. The first part of the story primarily focuses on how Grettir's viking great-grandfather Onundur Tree-foot escaped Norway to settle in Iceland after fighting in the Battle of Hafrsfjord against the first king of Norway Harald Fairhair.
Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by S. Baring-Gould and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland It was laborious Work making out the Saga, and every line when I began took me some time to understand. Moreover, I hadn'ot much time at my disposal, for then I was a master in a school. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Saga of Gisli the Outlaw written by George Johnston and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saga of Gisli was written early in the thirteenth century. It offers an imaginative reconstruction of the story of a man and his family who came to Iceland from Norway about AD 960. Soon after 960 Gisli, the central figure, was outlawed for killing his brother-in-law, and then, for thirteen years or more, he lived in hiding in remote parts of the northwest of Iceland until he was finally caught and killed by his enemies. Around this imaginative core the author has spun a web of conflicting passions - love, hare and jealousy between man and wife, brother and sister, brother-in-law - intricate emotional bonds which are here seen ironically patterned against a background of inevitable fate. Gisli, the hero, is portrayed not only as a man of strength and courage, but also a poet and dreamer, tormented in his outlawry by nightmarish visions which seem gradualy to sap his will to resist. The author's probing into the emotional depths of his characters, the superbly effective architecture of his narrative leading to the central climax, his sense of the dramatic, and his cool, compelling style all combine to make this one of the most memorable of all the Icelandic sagas.
Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book The Story of Rolf and the Viking s Bow written by Allen French and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Saga of Grettir the Strong written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, trolls and berserks. A mesmerising combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, this is a profoundly moving conclusion to the Golden Age of the saga writing.
Download or read book Grettir the Outlaw written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was night-drawing on to midnight-in summer, that I who write this book arrived at the littlelonely farm of Biarg, on the Middle River, in the north of Iceland. It was night, near on midnight, and yet I could hardly call it night, for the sky overhead was full of light of the clearest amethyst, andevery stock and stone was distinctly visible. Across the valley rose a rugged moor, and above itsshoulder a snow-clad mountain, turned to rosy gold by the night sun. As I stood there watching themist form on the cold river in the vale below, all at once I heard a strange sound like horns blowingfar away in the sky, and looking up, I saw a train of swans flying from west to east, bathed insunlight, their wings of silver, and their feathers as gold.I had come all the way from England to see Biarg, for there was born, about the year A.D. 997, a man called Grettir, whose history I had read, and which interested me so much that I was resolvedto see his native home, and the principal scenes where his stormy life was passed.The landscape was the same as that on which Grettir's childish eyes had looked more thaneight hundred and fifty years ago. The same outline of dreary moor, the same snowy ridge ofmountain standing above it, catching the midnight summer sun, the same mist forming over theriver; but the house was altogether different. Now there stood only a poor heap of farm-buildings, erected of turf and wood, where had once been a noble hall of wood, with carved gable-ends, surrounded by many out-hou
Download or read book Grettir s Saga written by and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-06-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping epic of the Viking Age, Grettir's Saga follows the life of the outlaw Grettir the Strong as he battles against sorcery, bad luck, and the vengefulness of his enemies. Among the most famous and widely read of Iceland's sagas, this new translation features extensive illustrative material to elucidate the story.
