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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem

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The present work is a modest effort to reproduce approximately, in modern measures, the venerable epic, Beowulf. _Approximately_, I repeat; for a very close reproduction of Anglo-Saxon verse would, to a large extent, be prose to a modern ear.…

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  • AuthorUnknown
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #16328
  • Length39,541 words · 2h 38m of reading
  • Chapters1
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-21

Contents

1 chapter

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01JNO: LESSLIE HALL, Ph. D. (J.H.U.)

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