Sagas
9 books
Sagas
402
Elias Lönnrot - Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes (Kirby translation)
The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most...
15 hours 37 minutes
Poetry
548
Elias Lönnrot - Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland (Crawford Translation)
This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seabird and continuing to the birth of the Kaleva District, the lands of...
15 hours 27 minutes
Literary Fiction
603
Murasaki Shikibu - Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)
The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes...
8 hours 52 minutes
General Fiction
574
John Galsworthy - In Chancery (Forsyte Saga Vol. 2)
'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. In Chancery is the second book in the saga. Five years have passed since Irene left...
13 hours 34 minutes
