Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe are two Norwegian writers from the XIXth century. At their time, the Norwegian literary style was too influenced by Danish norms to be suitable for national folklore, while the various dialects used by Norway’s oral storytellers were too local. Asbjørnsen and Moe solved the problem of style by adopting the Brothers Grimm's principle of using simple language in place of the various dialects, yet maintaining the national uniqueness of the folktales.
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On a island far, far away there lived an angry troll. This troll had been stranded on this island for many of years when his famous troll pirate ship hit the reef near the island in search of gold. The troll was very angry because instead of gold all he found was lumps of coal. He searched the island left and right but all he could find was huge deposits of coal. He used the coal to make fires and help him forage for wood and sticks for his shelter and ship repairs. As the days and night went on
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