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The Waif Woman
Robert Louis Stevenson
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“I count kin with none,” replied Thorgunna. “My kin is of the greatest, but I have not been always lucky, so I say the less.”
“So that you have no house to pass the time in till the ship return?” cries Aud. “Dear Thorgunna, you must come and live with us. My goodman is rich, his hand and his house are open, and I will cherish you like a daughter.”
At that Thorgunna smiled on the one side; but her soul laughed within her at the woman’s shallowness. “I will pay her for that word daughter,” she thought, and she smiled again.
“I will live with you gladly,” says she, “for your house has a good p. 12name, and I have seen the smoke of your kitchen from the ship. But one thing you shall understand. I make no presents, I give nothing where I go—not . . . Read More
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Short enough to read (or listen to in my case) in one sitting. I enjoyed the storyline of the vengeful spirit and the moral theme of coveting my neighbors good. I liked it.
A really cool story! Reminds me of the fairytales I heard as a child.
A weird tale from RL Stevenson inspired by his reading of Icelandic sagas. It is a re-working of Morris and Magnússon’s translation of ‘The Story of the Ere-Dwellers.’ Stevensons publisher didn't want to include it in a collection, but Stevenson disagreed with that decision (he defended it in letter