The Vikings of Helgeland
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781406534061 (1406534064)
Publish date: June 1st 2007
Publisher: Dodo Press
Pages no: 76
Edition language: English
bookshelves: e-book, gutenberg-project, norway, play-dramatisation, revenge, vikings, translation Read on September 28, 2012 Translation by William ArcherORNULF OF THE FIORDS, an Icelandic Chieftain.SIGURD THE STRONG, a Sea-King.GUNNAR HEADMAN,[1] a rich yeoman of Helgeland.DAGNY, Ornulf's daug...
Translation by William ArcherORNULF OF THE FIORDS, an Icelandic Chieftain.SIGURD THE STRONG, a Sea-King.GUNNAR HEADMAN,[1] a rich yeoman of Helgeland.DAGNY, Ornulf's daughter.HIORDIS, his foster-daughter.KARE THE PEASANT, a Helgeland-man.EGIL, Gunnar's son, four years old.ORNULF'S SIX OLDER SONS.ORN...
I immensely enjoyed this play by Henrik Ibsen. I normally don't particularly enjoy reading translations of plays, as they inevitably dilute much of the language features the author had wished to display, but the fabulous plotline compensated satisfactorily in my personal case. From the first page I...