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100 1 _aDasent, George Webbe, Sir,
_d1817-1896
245 1 4 _aThe Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aUnknown Icelandic authors, 13th century
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nj%C3%A1ls_saga
500 _aRelease date is 2004-11-11
508 _aE-text produced, edited, and prepared by Douglas B. Killings. Document scanning provided by David Reid and John Servilio
520 _a"The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor" is an Icelandic saga written in the thirteenth century. Set between 960 and 1020, this epic tale follows the friendship between Njáll, a wise lawyer, and Gunnar, a fierce warrior, as minor insults spiral into a devastating blood feud spanning fifty years. When Gunnar's wife instigates conflict, the requirements of honor drive worthy people toward destruction, culminating in the infamous burning of Njáll himself. Filled with prophetic dreams and questions of masculinity, the saga reveals how vengeance consumed Iceland's Commonwealth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNjáll Þorgursson, approximately 930-1011
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/597
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