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5) Beowulf
Series
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Classics
Pub. Date
2005
Description
"Part history and part mythology, 'Beowulf' opens in the court of the Danish king where a horrible demon named Grendel devours men in their sleep every night. The hero Beowulf arrives and kills the monster, but joy turns to horror when Grendel's mother attacks the hall to avenge the death of her son. Beowulf triumphs and becomes king ruling peacefully for fifty years until, an ancient dragon is found guarding a horde of treasure. What terrible price...
6) Beowulf
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Written one thousand years ago, Beowulf is the oldest surviving work in Old English, and the first of its kind to make the transition from the oral tradition to written form. Filled with vivid battle scenes, it is named for a young warrior in fifth-century Scandinavia who achieves glory by fighting and killing various monsters and governing his land wisely for 50 years.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
After being warned by a fortune-teller that their fight against legendary creatures is doomed to failure unless they have a 13th warrior, a travelling ambassador (Banderas) is given no choice but to join a group of fierce fighters.
9) Beowulf
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[c1999]
Description
The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages, and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds’s masterful illustrations. Grendel’s black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the hero’s final, fatal battle against a raging dragon. Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats...
10) Beowulf
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Presents the prose translation of the Old English epic that Tolkien created as a young man, along with selections from lectures on the poem he gave later in life and a story and poetry he wrote in the style of folklore on the poem's themes.
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