The Norwegian Fairy Book. Klara Stroebe

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       Klara Stroebe

      The Norwegian Fairy Book

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664187741

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       THE NORWEGIAN FAIRY BOOK

       I PER GYNT

       II THE ISLE OF UDRÖST

       III THE THREE LEMONS

       IV THE NEIGHBOR UNDERGROUND

       V THE SECRET CHURCH

       VI THE COMRADE

       VII ASPENCLOG

       VIII THE TROLL WEDDING

       IX THE HAT OF THE HULDRES

       X THE CHILD OF MARY

       XI STORM MAGIC

       XII THE FOUR-SHILLING PIECE

       XIII THE MAGIC APPLES

       XIV SELF DID IT

       XV THE MASTER GIRL

       XVI ANENT THE GIANT WHO DID NOT HAVE HIS HEART ABOUT HIM

       XVII THE THREE PRINCESSES IN WHITELAND

       XVIII TROUBLE AND CARE

       XIX KARI WOODENCOAT

       XX OLA STORBAEKKJEN

       XXI THE CAT WHO COULD EAT SO MUCH

       XXII EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON

       XXIII MURMUR GOOSE-EGG

       XXIV THE TROLL-WIFE

       XXV THE KING’S HARES

       XXVI HELGE-HAL IN THE BLUE HILL

       XXVII THE LORD OF THE HILL AND JOHN BLESSOM

       XXVIII THE YOUNG FELLOW AND THE DEVIL

       XXIX FARTHER SOUTH THAN SOUTH, AND FARTHER NORTH THAN NORTH, AND IN THE GREAT HILL OF GOLD

       XXX LUCKY ANDREW

       XXXI THE PASTOR AND THE SEXTON

       XXXII THE SKIPPER AND SIR URIAN

       XXXIII THE YOUTH WHO WAS TO SERVE THREE YEARS WITHOUT PAY

       XXXIV THE YOUTH WHO WANTED TO WIN THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOTHER IN THE CORNER

       XXXV THE CHRONICLE OF THE PANCAKE

       XXXVI SORIA-MORIA CASTLE

       XXXVII THE PLAYER ON THE JEW’S-HARP

PREFACE

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      These Norwegian tales of elemental mountain, forest and sea spirits, handed down by hinds and huntsmen, woodchoppers and fisherfolk, men who led a hard and lonely life amid primitive surroundings are, perhaps, among the most fascinating the Scandinavian countries have to offer. Nor are they only meant to delight the child, though this they cannot fail to do. “Grown-ups” also, who take pleasure in a good story, well told, will enjoy the original “Peer Gynt” legend, as it existed before Ibsen gave it more symbolic meanings; and that glowing, beautiful picture of an Avalon of the Northern seas shown in “The Island of Udröst.” What could be more human and moving than the tragic “The Player on the Jew’s-Harp,” or more genuinely entertaining than “The King’s Hares”? “The Master-Girl” is a Candida of fairy-land, and the thrill and glamor of black magic and mystery run through such stories as “The Secret Church,” “The Comrade,” and “Lucky Andrew.” In “The Honest Four-Shilling Piece” we have the adventures of a Norse Dick Whittington. “Storm Magic” is one of the most thrilling sea tales, bar none, ever written, and every story included in the volume seems to bring with it the breath of the Norse mountains or the tang of the spindrift on Northern seas. Much of the charm of the stories lies in the directness and simplicity of their telling; and this quality, which adds so much to their appeal, the translator has endeavored to preserve in its integrity. He cannot but feel that “The Norwegian Fairy Book” has an appeal for one and all, since it is a book in which the mirror of fairy-tale reflects human yearnings and aspirations, human loves, ambitions and disillusionments, in an imaginatively glamored, yet not distorted form. It is his hope and belief that those who may come to know it will derive as much pleasure from its reading