Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics)
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Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a psychologically ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. This Icelandic saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to defend his honor in a running feud with the Norwegian king Erik Bloodaxe and fight for the English king Athelstan in his battles against Scotland. Exploring issues as diverse as the question of loyalty, the power of poetry, and the relationship between two brothers who love the same woman, Egil's Saga is a fascinating depiction of a deeply human character.
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Egil went in the night and sought the places where boats were. But wheresoever he came to the strand, men were always there before him. He went thus through the whole night, and found never a boat. But when day dawned, he was standing on a certain ness. He saw then another island, and between him and it lay a very wide sound. This was then his counsel: he took helmet, sword, and spear, breaking off the spear-shaft and casting it out into the sea; but the weapons he wrapped round in his cloak and made thereof a bundle which he bound on his back.
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Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics)
Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics),Anonymous,Svanhildur Oskarsdottir,Bernard Scudder,Penguin Classics,0140447709,Classics,Egill Skallagrâimsson,,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Literary,Literature: Classics,Romances,ca. 910-ca. 990,Fiction / Literary,Other prose: classical, early & medieval
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