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Eldonita je 13-a de novembro 2018 de Franklin Classics Trade Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-353-47269-3

(1 recenzo)

Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas by Hamilton Wright Mabie is a refreshing read for the young and old alike. The author presents the original Scandinavian poetry in riveting prose. He succeeded in retaining the flavour of the Norse tales without losing anything to translation.

Hamilton Wright Mabie made an excellent selection of myths that fill the 16 chapters in Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas. He took great care to sustain the chronology of events as they unfolded, starting with the creation of the world, moving on to the adventure and warfare with giants and culminating in the regeneration of the new world under the All-Father. While the valour of Thor and engrossing descriptions of battle and victory may tingle the imagination of younger readers, Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas is not a book just for children. It has hidden within it some moving messages of hope, peace …

Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas by Hamilton Wright Mabie is a refreshing read for the young and old alike. The author presents the original Scandinavian poetry in riveting prose. He succeeded in retaining the flavour of the Norse tales without losing anything to translation.

Hamilton Wright Mabie made an excellent selection of myths that fill the 16 chapters in Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas. He took great care to sustain the chronology of events as they unfolded, starting with the creation of the world, moving on to the adventure and warfare with giants and culminating in the regeneration of the new world under the All-Father. While the valour of Thor and engrossing descriptions of battle and victory may tingle the imagination of younger readers, Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas is not a book just for children. It has hidden within it some moving messages of hope, peace and prosperity, which can only be truly appreciated by a more mature reader.

Mabie kept the tone friendly and engaging. More importantly, he stuck to pure narrative which does absolute justice to the work. Readers can take a trip down memory lane by awakening the child within them with or read it as an adult to absorb the finer nuances of life, happiness and peace.

5 eldonoj

Stephanie Jane recenzis Norse Stories de Hamilton Wright Mabie

A good introduction

3 steloj

After reading Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad I wanted to find more mythological stories. I remembered this ebook which had been lying on my Kindle for about two and a half years. Oh dear!

This short story collection is a fast read. It was written for older children. It gives a good flavour of the world of the ancient Norse gods. Female gods are beautiful, male ones are violent, frost-giants are threatening and Loke causes mischief at every turn. (He reminded me of Anansi who I first encountered in Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys.)

I think this book is a good introduction to Norse mythology. The main gods and monsters are introduced as well as the different world strata they inhabit. I did not mind that this book is so old.