Saga of Grettir the Strong


Read by Alison Sawers

(4.5 stars; 2 reviews)

The Saga of Grettir the Strong is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga about Grettir, the longest-enduring outlaw in medieval Iceland. Its monster fights and sorcery have inspired many people with a love of Icelandic sagas, and its depiction of the undead has influenced later portrayals of Viking monsters.(Summary by Alison Sawers) (6 hr 32 min)

Chapters

Chapters 1–4 13:02 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 5–7 8:46 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 8–11 9:51 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 12–13 9:54 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 14–16 16:39 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 17–18 13:46 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapter 19 13:41 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 20–21 10:41 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 22–25 12:40 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 26–27 9:14 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 28–31 16:59 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 32–33 13:21 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 34–35 11:19 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 36–41 19:56 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 42–46 13:51 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 47–48 11:41 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 49–51 12:32 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapter 52 8:03 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 53–58 20:00 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapter 59 9:04 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 60–62 13:35 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 63–67 17:34 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 68–71 14:03 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 72–73 12:08 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 74–77 9:53 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 78–81 17:38 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapter 82 11:28 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 83–87 16:36 Read by Alison Sawers
Chapters 88–93 24:11 Read by Alison Sawers

Reviews

Super entertaining. One of my favorite new Sagas


(5 stars)

I had read ABOUT Grettirs Saga before but this is the first time I read/heard the thing itself and it might be my new favorite. Grettir is a brooding abrasive Anti-Hero that would be perfectly at home in a Spaghetti Western alongside Clint Eastwood. This Saga is full of action, Mexican(or in this case Icelandic) stand-offs, stoic one-liners and even darkly comedic moments as well as no shortage of violence and of course the one thing that Historical Sagas can not go without: a fair amount of law-and-order-y debates at the Icelandic Lawcourts about who did and didn't deserve killing and what's to be done about it. Allison Sawers, the reader, is excellent also, fluent and well pronounced reading throughout.