The World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles


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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

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The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece 2:23 Leído por Sonia
Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note 2:01 Leído por Sonia
The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda 6:54 Leído por Sonia
The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda 4:42 Leído por Devorah Allen
Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda 5:15 Leído por Tomas Peter
Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda 12:37 Leído por Philip Watson
The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda 12:35 Leído por Philip Watson
Proverbs from the Eddas 1:24 Leído por Sonia
Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28 2:43 Leído por Jim Locke
Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note 2:12 Leído por April6090
The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 6:20 Leído por Nemo
The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla 19:01 Leído por Jim Locke
Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000) 14:05 Leído por Devorah Allen
Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 4:10 Leído por cathar maiden
Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030) 27:45 Leído por Jim Locke
The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76 1:59 Leído por Foon
King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen 11:33 Leído por Wanda Wilkey
How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen 4:53 Leído por Jim Locke
How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla 3:20 Leído por Chris Fields
Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 88 1:54 Leído por cathar maiden
Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note 1:56 Leído por Foon
Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie 17:01 Leído por Jim Locke
A home in the North, photograph p. 92 2:35 Leído por Foon
The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100 2:34 Leído por Foon
How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman 11:46 Leído por KevinS
Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106 2:26 Leído por Monika M. C.
The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 4:37 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note 2:35 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley 2:14 Leído por Tomas Peter
How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm 2:19 Leído por Alan Mapstone
How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould 7:41 Leído por Jim Locke
How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus 4:14 Leído por cathar maiden
The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm 7:47 Leído por Phjodor
Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000) 35:23 Leído por April6090
Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note 2:18 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. 12:15 Leído por Hopeforce1
Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr. 14:38 Leído por Max Körlinge
The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen 12:58 Leído por Max Körlinge
Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 18:01 Leído por Jim Locke
The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg 2:24 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius 14:15 Leído por Jim Locke
How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire 28:23 Leído por Jim Locke
Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 208 2:46 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson 25:58 Leído por Availle
Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note 2:42 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare 14:37 Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 234 1:55 Leído por Sonia
The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark) 18:32 Leído por Philip Watson
How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus 7:40 Leído por Philip Watson
The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus 14:47 Leído por Philip Watson
The letter of King Canute (1027) 4:50 Leído por Sonia
Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman 9:23 Leído por Colleen McMahon
Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note 1:02 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter) 9:38 Leído por Tomas Peter
The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton 2:57 Leído por Nemo
Molboer stories 6:08 Leído por Jim Locke
Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note 2:23 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire 9:00 Leído por Colleen McMahon
King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald 2:56 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century) 10:05 Leído por PatrS
The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin 16:05 Leído por Colleen McMahon
Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself 12:17 Leído por Devorah Allen
Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note 2:31 Leído por Alan Mapstone
How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould 4:19 Leído por Tomas Peter
How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary 15:18 Leído por Jim Locke
Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary 13:27 Leído por Jim Locke
How the laws were made in Saga time 2:11 Leído por Sonia
Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note 2:31 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason 2:09 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga'' 14:22 Leído por Jim Locke
How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga 15:57 Leído por Jim Locke
Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 5:26 Leído por Nemo
How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould 9:21 Leído por April6090
The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal 12:59 Leído por Kathrine Engan
How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris 11:19 Leído por KevinS
Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note 2:25 Leído por cathar maiden
The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin 9:21 Leído por Availle
Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles 11:13 Leído por April6090
Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor 14:56 Leído por Availle
How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith 2:43 Leído por Sonia
Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note 2:36 Leído por Tomas Peter
How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 10:45 Leído por Jane Bennett
How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 9:56 Leído por Jane Bennett
The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink 10:24 Leído por PatrS
The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis 22:24 Leído por Jim Locke
A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 10:43 Leído por Jim Locke
Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note 1:33 Leído por Availle
Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede 8:51 Leído por Jim Locke
How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 5:51 Leído por Jim Locke
The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine 17:30 Leído por Jim Locke
The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine 7:45 Leído por Jim Locke
What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 17:16 Leído por Availle
Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes 14:58 Leído por Availle
The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note 1:42 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin 15:39 Leído por April6090
Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik 20:49 Leído por Kristine Bekere
How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen 17:05 Leído por April6090
The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518 2:13 Leído por Tomas Peter
Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen 17:02 Leído por Kristine Bekere
The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note 1:50 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten 5:17 Leído por Kristine Bekere
A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott 5:21 Leído por Devorah Allen
The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen 13:28 Leído por April6090
The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary 24:02 Leído por Availle
Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546 2:38 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note 1:34 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton 21:00 Leído por KevinS
Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen 4:49 Leído por KevinS
At the South Pole, photograph p. 574 2:45 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly 10:38 Leído por KevinS
Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott 5:29 Leído por Sonia