Jón Thoroddsen elder
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Jón Thoroddsen elder was an Iceland
ic author
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His novels Piltur og Stúlka (Boy and Girl) and Maður og Kona (Man and Woman) mark the beginning of the modern Icelandic novel. His son, Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
, became a well-known scientist.
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
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Author
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His novels Piltur og Stúlka (Boy and Girl) and Maður og Kona (Man and Woman) mark the beginning of the modern Icelandic novel. His son, Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen
Þorvaldur Thoroddsen was an Icelandic geologist and geographer.-Life:Þorvaldur was the son of the writer Jón Thoroddsen. He graduated from the Learned School of Reykjavík in 1875 and then immediately proceeded to Copenhagen to further his studies...
, became a well-known scientist.
In English
- Lad and Lass, a Story of Life in Iceland , trans. by Arthur Middleton Reeves, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, ltd. (1890)