Complete Unabridged Beautiful Beowulf, written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet over 1000 years ago, is widely considered to be among the most important literary works of all time. It is presented here in beautiful verse translation by J. Lesslie Hall. Enjoy it again or for the very first time in this stylish new paperback edition.
This is without question the most musical translation of Beowulf, one which many readers will return to again and again if they wish to get an idea of the feel of the original Anglo-Saxon.
Beowulf first rescues the royal house of Denmark from two marauding monsters, then returns to rule his people for 50 years, ultimately losing his life in a battle to defend the Geats from a dragon's rampage.
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Beowulf is the longest and finest literary work to have come down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, and one of the world's greatest epic poems.
A verse translation of the first great narrative poem in the English language that captures the feeling and tone of the original.
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