Round 9: Tossup 13

An author from this country described his support for the outcome of the “Trial of the Twenty-One” in his travelogue The Russian Adventure. The time that an author from this country spent at Clervaux Abbey in Luxembourg inspired a novel about a “Great Weaver” from Kashmir. In a novel, “Years of Prosperity” ensue when wool and mutton farmers from this country profit from price increases during World War I. An author who wrote a historical novel about this country’s Bell wrote about the sheep farmer Bjartur’s (10[1]-5[1])attempt to establish the estate Summerhouses. An epic from this country describes how the supernaturally strong Gunnar ends up in multiple feuds, including with his friend Njáll. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this country home to Independent (10[1])People novelist Halldor Laxness (10[3])and Snorri Sturluson. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

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