Egil's Saga
This is an Icelandic tale centred around Egil Skallagrimson. It is not a collection of short stories, but it is possible to extract individual episodes from this book. Egil himself is an interesting character. Violent, blunt and avaricious, he is also a poet and courageous defender of his friends. Most of the story takes place in Norway and Iceland from the mid ninth to late tenth century.
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Egil's Saga
A good scholarly translation which is also very readable. Contains an informative introduction.
Egil's Saga
Translated by Hermann Palsson
1977 Viking Press
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