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True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales

Name: True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales
ISBN: 9780816678280

Sigrid Undset

University of Minnesota Press · Paperback · May 12, 2013

Reading lane: Scandinavian Literary Collections

A selection of Norwegian folktales chosen by Sigrid Undset, True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales is based on the classic folklore collected by Pieter Christian Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.

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Good for readers interested in Norwegian folktales

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Authors: Sigrid Undset
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: May 12, 2013
Format: Paperback
Theme: Scandinavian Literary Collections · Norse Myths
Reading lane: Scandinavian Literary Collections

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Norse Myths

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A selection of Norwegian folktales chosen by Sigrid Undset, True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales is based on the classic folklore collected by Pieter Christian Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe. These wonderful stories tell of worlds similar to our own, worlds with love and hate, sorrow and joy, humor and pathos. Beginning with brothers named True and Untrue, the book takes readers through tales of princes and princesses, giants and trolls, husbands and wives, and a castle that is “East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon.” Strikingly illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman while under fire in Italy during the Second World War and with a remarkable foreword by Undset, True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales has a story for everyone.