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Thorstein of the Mere: a saga of the Northmen in Lakeland

Thorstein of the Mere: a saga of the Northmen in Lakeland

by W. G. Collingwood

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Author
Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom), 1854-1932
Title
Thorstein of the mere : A saga of the Northmen in Lakeland
Original Publication
London: Edward Arnold, 1895.
Credits
Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Lake District (England) -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 79129
Release Date
July 18, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THORSTEIN OF THE MERE: A SAGA OF THE NORTHMEN IN LAKELAND.
  2. 2.TO R. C.
  3. 3.HERE BEGINS THE STORY OF THORSTEIN OF THE MERE. — CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF THE NORTHMEN.
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. THE HOMESTEAD AT GREENODD.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. SWEIN’S HOME-COMING.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. ON THE HOWE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. THE KINGS’ MOTE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. OF FURNESS FOLK A THOUSAND YEARS SINCE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. COWPERS’ CRACKS. [The great Aurora of A.D. 926.]
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. THE GIANT COMES IN.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. THEY TRAVEL THROUGH THE FELLS.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. THE CARVING OF DACOR CROSS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. THE GIANT’S BOON.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. RAIDS.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. LEGBARROW AND LEGBURTHWAITE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. THE FINDING OF THURSTON-WATER.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. THE GIANT GETS HIS FOSTERLING.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. THE FELL-FOLK’S HOME.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. THORSTEIN’S BONDAGE.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. RAINEACH.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. THE THREE TASKS.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XX. OVER THE FELLS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. ALUINN.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. THORSTEIN SEES HIS FATHER.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. DOMHNAILL.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. THE GIANT’S CASTLE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. HOW THEY FLED.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. THE ARVALE FOR SWEIN BIORNSON.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. SWEIN BIORNSON’S HEIRS.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. WHITE ROSE AND RED.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. RAINEACH AT GREENODD.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. THORSTEIN GOES ABROAD.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. KING HAKON THE GOOD.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. AT LONDON.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. THORSTEIN’S WELCOME.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. THE WOOING OF ASDIS.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV. HOW THORSTEIN TOOK LAND.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE WEDDING OF THORSTEIN.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. THORSTEIN SEES GHOSTS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII. RAINEACH’S STORY.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX. ORM PAYS.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XL. A DOOR-DOOM.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XLI. WOLF’S HEAD.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLII. CARTMEL CHURCH.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLIII. AT YORK.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLIV. WOOD-BIDERS.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLV. ON THE ISLAND.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLVI. UNBIDDEN GUESTS.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVII. THE HOST OF WEIRD.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVIII. THE STORM OF THE LAWBURG.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLIX. DUNMAIL RAISE.
  52. 52.CHAPTER L. THE PEACE OF THORSTEIN.
  53. 53.REMARKS ON THE NORSE SETTLEMENT: TABLE OF THE CHRONOLOGY: INDEX TO THE MAPS: & NOTES TO THE STORY. — The Norse Settlement. — Chronology. — Notes to the Story.

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