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A special physique of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's maximum literary treasures—as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set round the flip of the final millennium, those tales depict with an astonishingly smooth realism the lives and deeds of the Norse women and men who first settled Iceland and in their descendants, who ventured additional west—to Greenland and, finally, the coast of North the US itself.
the ten Sagas and 7 shorter stories during this quantity contain the prestigious Vinland Sagas," which recount Leif Eiriksson's pioneering voyage to the recent international and include the oldest descriptions of the North American continent.
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Demanda Des détails 65 Henri-Pierre au délétère Dmitri. Il souriait, Dmitri, découvrant ses dents mal tenues; il était heureux d'être interrogé. [u0 l'on attende sa réponse à une question, à lui adressée, et directement, par le chef. « Euh!... » heureux, dit, Dmitri. « Euh... » émana-t-il de sa voix punaise portée par son souffle nauséabond. « Euh... » exhala-t-il en crachotant des postillons d'intense satisfaction. « Il me semble que dans un tel cas... Enfin, il me semble que nos deux amis ici présents ont dit ce qu'il fallait dire...
Eh bien, commençons par vous, monsieur. Et attention à ce que vous dites! » Il tendit le réàepteur à Édouard-Albert et conserva l'écouteur. Édouârd-Albert composa un numéro : « AIIô, c'est moi, ma chérie... » Le cerveau tenait I'index au-dessus de la fourche, prêt à couper immédiatement Ia communication. Édouard-Albert parla longuement en un doux murmure : « ... je t'assure... mais non, ça va très bien... ne te fais surtout pas de souci... c'est ça'.. c'est ça'.. » Il reposa enfin le iécepteur.
Et en vitesse! » Myrette alla se rasseoir. Sur le canapé, elle déposa ses fesses hideuses; puis elle tendit à demi un bras, la paume de la main au-dessus; simultanément, elle frappa à l'aide du tranchant de l'autre main dans la saignée de son coude, relevant ainsi son avant-bras jusqu'à la verticale. «t Tiens! » dit-elle. Bob s'avança; il plissait sesyeux bleus etcharmeurs cer, à refaire tous leurs tours; satisfaits au plus haut point de la brillante remontée dramatique orchestrée par Myrette la moche.
