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Beowulf by Francis Barton Gummere is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Beowulf about?
Beowulf is the earliest surviving poem in Old English. Although the authorship is anonymous it is believed to have been written before the 10th century AD. The only extant European manuscript of the Beowulf text is placed at around 1010. The epic tells the tale of the Scandinavian hero Beowulf as he struggles against three adversaries; the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother and an unnamed dragon. The epic was recently released as a blockbuster film starring Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wr
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Francis Barton Gummere
- Publisher
- The Floating Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781775411482
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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