Beowulf
by J. Lesslie Hall (trans)
Publisher: D.C. Heath 1892
ISBN/ASIN: 0979181313
Number of pages: 184
Description:
The oldest existing story written in Old English, "Beowulf" is the classic tale of courage and honor. In the Great Hall of Hrothgar, King of the Danes, the warrior Beowulf, son of a Swedish King, wages battle with the monster Grendel.
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