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SEVEN ICELANDIC SHORT STORIES

REYKJAVIK
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION BY STEINGRIMUR J. PORSTEINSSON
ANONYMOUS (13TH CENTURY) THE STORY OF AUDUNN AND THE BEAR TRANSLATED BY G. TURVILLE-PEIRE
EINAR H. KVARAN A DRY SPELL (1905) TRANSLATED BY JAKOBINA JOHNSON
GUÐMUNDUR FRIÐJÓNSSON THE OLD HAY (1909) TRANSLATED BY MEKKIN SVEINSON PERKINS