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