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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 (16 hr 40 min)

Chapters

The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist…

2:23

Read by Sonia

Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note

2:01

Read by Sonia

The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda

6:54

Read by Sonia

The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda

4:42

Read by Devorah Allen

Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda

5:15

Read by Tomas Peter

Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda

12:37

Read by Philip Watson

The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda

12:35

Read by Philip Watson

Proverbs from the Eddas

1:24

Read by Sonia

Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28

2:43

Read by Jim Locke

Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note

2:12

Read by April6090

The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

6:20

Read by Nemo

The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla

19:01

Read by Jim Locke

Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)

14:05

Read by Devorah Allen

Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4:10

Read by cathar maiden

Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)

27:45

Read by Jim Locke

The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76

1:59

Read by Foon

King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H.…

11:33

Read by Wanda Wilkey

How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H.…

4:53

Read by Jim Locke

How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla

3:20

Read by Chris Fields

Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827)…

1:54

Read by cathar maiden

Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note

1:56

Read by Foon

Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie

17:01

Read by Jim Locke

A home in the North, photograph p. 92

2:35

Read by Foon

The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100

2:34

Read by Foon

How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman

11:46

Read by KevinS

Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106

2:26

Read by Monika M. C.

The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4:37

Read by Alan Mapstone

Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note

2:35

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley

2:14

Read by Tomas Peter

How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm

2:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould

7:41

Read by Jim Locke

How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus

4:14

Read by cathar maiden

The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm

7:47

Read by Phjodor

Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)

35:23

Read by April6090

Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note

2:18

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

12:15

Read by Hopeforce1

Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

14:38

Read by Max Körlinge

The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen

12:58

Read by Max Körlinge

Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

18:01

Read by Jim Locke

The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg

2:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius

14:15

Read by Jim Locke

How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François …

28:23

Read by Jim Locke

Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish paint…

2:46

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson

25:58

Read by Availle

Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note

2:42

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare

14:37

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), pai…

1:55

Read by Sonia

The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf…

18:32

Read by Philip Watson

How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus

7:40

Read by Philip Watson

The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus

14:47

Read by Philip Watson

The letter of King Canute (1027)

4:50

Read by Sonia

Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman

9:23

Read by Colleen McMahon

Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note

1:02

Read by J. M. Smallheer

King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winte…

9:38

Read by Tomas Peter

The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton

2:57

Read by Nemo

Molboer stories

6:08

Read by Jim Locke

Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note

2:23

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arou…

9:00

Read by Colleen McMahon

King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald

2:56

Read by Alan Mapstone

Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)

10:05

Read by PatrS

The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of…

16:05

Read by Colleen McMahon

Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself

12:17

Read by Devorah Allen

Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note

2:31

Read by Alan Mapstone

How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould

4:19

Read by Tomas Peter

How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary

15:18

Read by Jim Locke

Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary

13:27

Read by Jim Locke

How the laws were made in Saga time

2:11

Read by Sonia

Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note

2:31

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason

2:09

Read by Alan Mapstone

Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''

14:22

Read by Jim Locke

How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Sa…

15:57

Read by Jim Locke

Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

5:26

Read by Nemo

How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the S…

9:21

Read by April6090

The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal

12:59

Read by Kathrine Engan

How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris

11:19

Read by KevinS

Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note

2:25

Read by cathar maiden

The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin

9:21

Read by Availle

Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles

11:13

Read by April6090

Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor

14:56

Read by Availle

How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith

2:43

Read by Sonia

Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note

2:36

Read by Tomas Peter

How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

10:45

Read by Jane Bennett

How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

9:56

Read by Jane Bennett

The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink

10:24

Read by PatrS

The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis

22:24

Read by Jim Locke

A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

10:43

Read by Jim Locke

Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note

1:33

Read by Availle

Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede

8:51

Read by Jim Locke

How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

5:51

Read by Jim Locke

The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine

17:30

Read by Jim Locke

The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine

7:45

Read by Jim Locke

What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

17:16

Read by Availle

Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

14:58

Read by Availle

The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note

1:42

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin

15:39

Read by April6090

Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik

20:49

Read by Kristine Bekere

How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen

17:05

Read by April6090

The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896)…

2:13

Read by Tomas Peter

Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen

17:02

Read by Kristine Bekere

The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note

1:50

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten

5:17

Read by Kristine Bekere

A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott

5:21

Read by Devorah Allen

The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen

13:28

Read by April6090

The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary

24:02

Read by Availle

Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546

2:38

Read by Alan Mapstone

The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note

1:34

Read by J. M. Smallheer

In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton

21:00

Read by KevinS

Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen

4:49

Read by KevinS

At the South Pole, photograph p. 574

2:45

Read by Alan Mapstone

The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly

10:38

Read by KevinS

Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott

5:29

Read by Sonia