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By: Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923) | |
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The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay | |
Little Novels of Italy | |
The Spanish Jade | |
The Ruinous Face | |
Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett | |
Helen Redeemed and Other Poems | |
The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca | |
In a Green Shade A Country Commentary | |
Love and Lucy | |
Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution | |
The Village Wife's Lament | |
Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America | |
Frey and his Wife
Frey and his Wife is a Nordic Saga, but written in a saga style by a 20th Century Englishman. It tells the tale of Gunnar, a Norwegian wrongly accused of murder who flees across the mountains to the pagan forests of Sweden. There he meets 'Frey' a Norse god, and a young woman who has become his wife. Animosity develops between Frey and Gunnar over the local ritual of human sacrifice which leads to an interesting outcome. The tale develops themes of religion, idolatory, and love, set in the time when Christianity was starting to displace pagan religion in Scandinavia. (Kevin Green) |