Re: Digest Number 2213

From: Richard <blueaxe_at_...>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:13:26 +0100


> > So what translations are recommended?
>
> The Penguin translations are quite good. I'd get Penguin's "The Sagas
> of Icelanders" (Penguin 1997) and then Penguin's "Njal's Saga"
> (2002). With the "Sagas of Icelanders" you get a good translation of
> Egil's Saga, Laxdaela Saga, and more. Egil's Saga and Njal's Saga are
> my two favorites (although I do really like Laxdaela Saga). When you
> are feeling really adventurous, get a copy of the Heimskringla.
>
> The online web versions are all old and painful translations.

I've got a dodgy copy of the BBC radio adaptation of Nyal's saga on MP3. It's noware as good as the book, but it's a good place to start.

I can't offer anyone a copy on a public list <wink, wink> but I can be contacted off list <nudge, nudge>

R.
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