Völsungasaga: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Völsungasaga by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 12 original MP3 tracks, 4:03:48 running time and a link to listen.
Völsungasaga, credited to Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Völsungasaga, by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris. Read by Corpang. The 13th century Icelandic Völsungasaga is usually read by people studying the Poetic Edda or Wagner's Ring - which obscures the fact it is a much better story than practically everything derived from it. A riddle-telling dragon, a broken sword, a hooded mysterious wanderer - cannibalism, incest, mutilation, and sensitive hearts. This is R-rated Tolkien - and the unashamedly archaic Magnússon-Morris translation is up for the adventure. Passages spoken in Old Norse are taken from the edition of Sophus Bugge, Berlin, 1891. (Summary by Corpang)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Völsungasaga
- Author credits: Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 12
- Listed recording duration: 4:03:48
Catalogue topics
- völsungasaga
- iceland
Track guide
- 01 - chapters I-V — 19:09
- 02 - chapters VI-VIII — 18:02
- 03 - chapters IX-XI — 17:21
- 04 - chapters XII-XV — 21:21
- 05 - chapters XVI-XIX — 25:37
- 06 - chapters XX-XXIV — 23:26
- 07 - chapters XXV-XXVII — 22:18
- 08 - chapters XXVIII-XXIX — 20:47
- 09 - chapters XXX-XXXII — 22:56
- 10 - chapters XXXIII-XXXV — 17:15
- 11 - chapters XXXVI-XXXVIII — 15:04
- 12 - chapters XXXIX-XLIII — 20:40
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