Thóroddsen, Jón
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views updated May 23 2018Thóroddsen, Jón (1819–68) Icelandic novelist. He wrote some lyrics and drinking songs, but is best remembered for his novels, including
Lad and Lass (1850), the first fully-fledged Icelandic novel, and the unfinished
Man and Woman (1876).
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