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Lad and Lass

work by Thorodssen

Also known as: “Piltur og stúlka”

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In Jón Thoroddsen
Thoroddsen’s Piltur og stúlka (1850; Lad and Lass), finished just before he went back to Iceland to become a district judge, is an unpretentious love story that reveals his gift for concise satirical sketches of people and places. (In it he included one of his best lyrics.) Lad and Lass…
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Icelandic literature

In Icelandic literature: The 19th century
…sagas: Piltur og stúlka (1850; Lad and Lass) and the incomplete Maður og kona (1876; “Man and Woman”), distinguished in prose style, narrative skill, wit, and perceptive observation of peasant and small-town life.
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