Beowulf

What it's about

The oldest long poem in English: Beowulf crosses the sea to kill the monster Grendel and then Grendel's mother, goes home to rule the Geats for fifty years, and dies fighting a dragon. Gummere's translation keeps the alliterating half-lines of the Old English, in the prelude and forty-one numbered sections.

Who it's for

- Anyone who wants to read where English poetry begins - Readers who like monsters, feasts and funeral pyres - Good read aloud, the way it was first heard

What’s inside

1. 1

   PRELUDE OF THE FOUNDER OF THE DANISH HOUSE

   2 min
2. 2

   I

   2 min
3. 3

   II

   2 min
4. 4

   III

   2 min
5. 5

   IV

   2 min
6. 6

   V

   2 min
7. 7

   VI

   3 min
8. 8

   VII

   1 min
9. 9

   VIII

   2 min
10. 10

    IX

    3 min
11. 11

    X

    2 min
12. 12

    XI

    3 min
13. 13

    XII

    2 min
14. 14

    XIII

    3 min
15. 15

    XIV

    2 min
16. 16

    XV

    2 min
17. 17

    XVI

    2 min
18. 18

    XVII

    2 min
19. 19

    XVIII

    2 min
20. 20

    XIX

    2 min
21. 21

    XX

    2 min
22. 22

    XXI

    3 min
23. 23

    XXII

    3 min
24. 24

    XXIII

    3 min

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