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The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald: 1875

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Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical19 chapters
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About this book

In a saga woven with dreams, fierce rivalries, and noble kin, Thorstein Egilson’s lineage unfolds amid Iceland’s rugged landscapes. Follow the intertwined fates of warriors and skalds as honor, love, and conflict shape their destinies.

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19 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

011875 · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER I. Of Thorstein Egilson and his Kin.
03CHAPTER II. Of Thorsteins Dream.
04CHAPTER III. Of the Birth and Fostering of Helga the Fair.
05CHAPTER IV. Of Gunnlaug Worm-tongue and his Kin.
06CHAPTER V. Of Raven and his Kin.
07CHAPTER VI. How Helga was vowed to Gunnlaug, and of Gunnlaug’s faring abroad.
08CHAPTER VII. Of Gunnlaug in the East and the West.
09CHAPTER VIII. Of Gunnlaug in Ireland.
10CHAPTER IX. Of the Quarrel between Gunnlaug and Raven before the Swedish King.
11CHAPTER X. How Raven came home to Iceland, and asked for Helga to Wife.
12CHAPTER XI. Of how Gunnlaug must needs abide away from Iceland.

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