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The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald

The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald by Anonymous is available here as the complete text, split into 109 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald 1875 by Anonymous. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #24421.

18 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald

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  1. Chapter I Of Thorstein Egilson and his Kin 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Of Thorsteins Dream 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Of the Birth and Fostering of Helga the Fair 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Of Gunnlaug Worm-tongue and his Kin 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Of Raven and his Kin 2 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Of Gunnlaug in the East and the West 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Of Gunnlaug in Ireland 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Of the Quarrel between Gunnlaug and Raven before the Swedish King 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X How Raven came home to Iceland, and asked for Helga to Wife 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Of how Gunnlaug must needs abide away from Iceland 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Of Gunnlaug’s landing, and how he found Helga wedded to Raven 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Of the Holmgang at the Althing 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI How the two Foes met and fought at Dingness 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The News of the Fight brought to Iceland 3 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII The Death of Helga the Fair 2 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #24421, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 45 minutes of reading across 109 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Called
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Thorstein
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Skallagrim
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