Thóroddsen, Jón

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Thóroddsen, 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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