{"product_id":"the-norwegian-fairy-book-gb-38070","title":"The Norwegian Fairy Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Norwegian Fairy Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese Norwegian tales of elemental mountain,\r\nforest and sea spirits, handed down by hinds and\r\nhuntsmen, woodchoppers and fisherfolk, men who led\r\na hard and lonely life amid primitive surroundings\r\nare, perhaps, among the most fascinating the Scandinavian\r\ncountries have to offer. Nor are they only\r\nmeant to delight the child, though this they cannot\r\nfail to do. Grown-ups also, who take pleasure in\r\na good story, well told, will enjoy the original Peer\r\nGynt legend, as it existed before Ibsen gave it more\r\nsymbolic meanings; and that glowing, beautiful picture\r\nof an Avalon of the Northern seas shown in\r\nThe Island of Udrst. What could be more human\r\nand moving than the tragic The Player on the\r\nJews-Harp, or more genuinely entertaining than\r\nThe Kings Hares? The Master-Girl is a\r\nCandida of fairy-land, and the thrill and glamor of\r\nblack magic and mystery run through such stories as\r\nThe Secret Church, The Comrade, and Lucky\r\nAndrew. In The Honest Four-Shilling Piece we\r\nhave the adventures of a Norse Dick Whittington.\r\nStorm Magic is one of the most thrilling sea tales,\r\nbar none, ever written, and every story included in\r\nthe volume seems to bring with it the breath of the\r\nNorse mountains or the tang of the spindrift on[vi]\r\nNorthern seas. Much of the charm of the stories\r\nlies in the directness and simplicity of their telling;\r\nand this quality, which adds so much to their appeal,\r\nthe translator has endeavored to preserve in its integrity.\r\nHe cannot but feel that The Norwegian\r\nFairy Book has an appeal for one and all, since it\r\nis a book in which the mirror of fairy-tale reflects\r\nhuman yearnings and aspirations, human loves, ambitions\r\nand disillusionments, in an imaginatively\r\nglamored, yet not distorted form. It is his hope and\r\nbelief that those who may come to know it will derive\r\nas much pleasure from its reading as it gave\r\nhim to put it into English.\n\nFrederick H. Martens.\n[vii]\n[ix]\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 38070 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Stroebe, Klara \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 20, 2011 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIllustrator\u003c\/b\u003e: Hood, George, 1869-1949 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Martens, Frederick Herman, 1874-1932 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Stroebe, Klara,1887- \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43220640202909,"sku":"gb-38070-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/38070.jpg?v=1671556339","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-norwegian-fairy-book-gb-38070","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}