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BeowulfUnabridged Audio Book On 3 Audio Cds Beowulf, The Complete Unabridged Audio Book on 3 standard audio cds ( playable in any cd player & fully digitally remastered )Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic poem of anonymous authorship. This work of Anglo-Saxon literature dates to between the 8th[1] and the 11th century.[2][3] At 3183 lines, it is notable for its length. Beowulf is sometimes called the national epic of England, despite the inaccuracy of that label. The work was originally written in Old English and pertains to events in Scandinavia.[4]In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, battles three antagonists: Grendel, who is attacking the Danish mead hall called Heorot and its inhabitants; Grendel s mother; and, later in life after returning to Geatland (modern southern Sweden) and becoming a king, he fights an unnamed dragon. He is fatally wounded in the final battle, and after his death he is buried in a barrow in Geatland by his retainers.Plot SummaryThe main protagonist, whose name is Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrošgar, the king of the Danes, whose great hall, Heorot is plagued by the monster Grendel. Beowulf kills both Grendel and Grendel s mother, the latter with the help of a magical sword, Hrunting.Later in his life, Beowulf is himself king of the Geats, and finds his realm terrorized by a dragon whose treasure had been sto ...
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