In the end, Arnas does not marry the woman of his heart, Snæfríður, but stays with his rich Danish wife who financed his life's work. The third part is about Arnas Arnaeus the manuscript-collector and the fate of his collection in Copenhagen. This character is based on an actual historical figure, Thordis Jónsdóttir, who was the daughter of the bishop of Hólar and was widely considered at the time to be the most beautiful woman in southern Iceland. Her husband, squire Magnús Sigurðsson, was wealthy and well-fed, as well as a violent alcoholic. She is in love with a collector of manuscripts named Arnas Arnaeus but is married to a drunkard.
"Snow-Beautiful Iceland's-Sun") is the protagonist in the second part. Part 2 – The Bright Jewel or The Fair Maiden Jón is sentenced to death for the murder of an executioner, an official of the King of Denmark, but manages to flee from Iceland to Denmark, where he hopes to get an interview with the King to persuade him to grant a pardon. The first part tells the story of the farmer Jón Hreggviðsson and his battle with the Icelandic authorities. Like many of Laxness's works, the story paints a tragic and ironic picture of the terrible state of the Icelandic populace in the 18th century. The novel takes place in the 18th century, mostly in Iceland and Denmark.
It was published in three parts: Iceland's Bell (1943), The Bright Jewel or The Fair Maiden (1944) and Fire in Copenhagen (1946). Iceland's Bell ( Icelandic: Íslandsklukkan) is a historical novel by Nobel prize-winning Icelandic author Halldór Kiljan Laxness.
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