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Beowulf
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3 out of 5
Based on 94,867 Ratings and 2,859 Reviews

Book Description
Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and th... More
Book Information
PublisherFaber & Faber Children's Books
BindingPaperback (34 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages208
ISBN-100571230415
ISBN-13978-0571230419
Publication Date/2007
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About Seamus Heaney (Author) : Seamus Heaney is a published author, editor, and a translator of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Seamus Heaney include Rattle Bag: An Anthology of Poetry, Station Island, Field Wor... more
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