The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and …


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This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VIII include excerpts from the Eddas, the life of the Vikings, the Scandinavian kings' fight for supremacy and the race towards the North and South Pole. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The ghost of Hamlet's father:
Bernardo: alanmapstone / Francisco: Jim Locke / Horatio: Eva Davis / Marcellus: Tomas Peter / Hamlet: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia (16 hr 40 min)

Chapitres

The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist… 2:23 Lu par Sonia
Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note 2:01 Lu par Sonia
The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda 6:54 Lu par Sonia
The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda 4:42 Lu par Devorah Allen
Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda 5:15 Lu par Tomas Peter
Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda 12:37 Lu par Philip Watson
The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda 12:35 Lu par Philip Watson
Proverbs from the Eddas 1:24 Lu par Sonia
Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28 2:43 Lu par Jim Locke
Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note 2:12 Lu par April6090
The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 6:20 Lu par Nemo
The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla 19:01 Lu par Jim Locke
Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000) 14:05 Lu par Devorah Allen
Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 4:10 Lu par cathar maiden
Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030) 27:45 Lu par Jim Locke
The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76 1:59 Lu par Foon
King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H.… 11:33 Lu par Wanda Wilkey
How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H.… 4:53 Lu par Jim Locke
How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla 3:20 Lu par Chris Fields
Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827)… 1:54 Lu par cathar maiden
Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note 1:56 Lu par Foon
Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie 17:01 Lu par Jim Locke
A home in the North, photograph p. 92 2:35 Lu par Foon
The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100 2:34 Lu par Foon
How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman 11:46 Lu par KevinS
Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106 2:26 Lu par Monika M. C.
The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 4:37 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note 2:35 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley 2:14 Lu par Tomas Peter
How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm 2:19 Lu par Alan Mapstone
How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould 7:41 Lu par Jim Locke
How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus 4:14 Lu par cathar maiden
The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm 7:47 Lu par Phjodor
Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000) 35:23 Lu par April6090
Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note 2:18 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. 12:15 Lu par Hopeforce1
Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. 14:38 Lu par Max Körlinge
The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen 12:58 Lu par Max Körlinge
Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 18:01 Lu par Jim Locke
The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg 2:24 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius 14:15 Lu par Jim Locke
How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François … 28:23 Lu par Jim Locke
Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish paint… 2:46 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson 25:58 Lu par Availle
Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note 2:42 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare 14:37 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), pai… 1:55 Lu par Sonia
The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf… 18:32 Lu par Philip Watson
How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus 7:40 Lu par Philip Watson
The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus 14:47 Lu par Philip Watson
The letter of King Canute (1027) 4:50 Lu par Sonia
Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman 9:23 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note 1:02 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winte… 9:38 Lu par Tomas Peter
The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton 2:57 Lu par Nemo
Molboer stories 6:08 Lu par Jim Locke
Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note 2:23 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arou… 9:00 Lu par Colleen McMahon
King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald 2:56 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century) 10:05 Lu par PatrS
The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of… 16:05 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself 12:17 Lu par Devorah Allen
Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note 2:31 Lu par Alan Mapstone
How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould 4:19 Lu par Tomas Peter
How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary 15:18 Lu par Jim Locke
Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary 13:27 Lu par Jim Locke
How the laws were made in Saga time 2:11 Lu par Sonia
Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note 2:31 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason 2:09 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga'' 14:22 Lu par Jim Locke
How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Sa… 15:57 Lu par Jim Locke
Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 5:26 Lu par Nemo
How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the S… 9:21 Lu par April6090
The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal 12:59 Lu par Kathrine Engan
How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris 11:19 Lu par KevinS
Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note 2:25 Lu par cathar maiden
The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin 9:21 Lu par Availle
Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles 11:13 Lu par April6090
Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor 14:56 Lu par Availle
How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith 2:43 Lu par Sonia
Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note 2:36 Lu par Tomas Peter
How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 10:45 Lu par Jane Bennett
How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 9:56 Lu par Jane Bennett
The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink 10:24 Lu par PatrS
The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis 22:24 Lu par Jim Locke
A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 10:43 Lu par Jim Locke
Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note 1:33 Lu par Availle
Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede 8:51 Lu par Jim Locke
How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 5:51 Lu par Jim Locke
The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine 17:30 Lu par Jim Locke
The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine 7:45 Lu par Jim Locke
What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 17:16 Lu par Availle
Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 14:58 Lu par Availle
The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note 1:42 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin 15:39 Lu par April6090
Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik 20:49 Lu par Kristine Bekere
How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen 17:05 Lu par April6090
The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896)… 2:13 Lu par Tomas Peter
Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen 17:02 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note 1:50 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten 5:17 Lu par Kristine Bekere
A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott 5:21 Lu par Devorah Allen
The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen 13:28 Lu par April6090
The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary 24:02 Lu par Availle
Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546 2:38 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note 1:34 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton 21:00 Lu par KevinS
Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen 4:49 Lu par KevinS
At the South Pole, photograph p. 574 2:45 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly 10:38 Lu par KevinS
Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott 5:29 Lu par Sonia