Beowulf [Audiobook] download free by Michael Alexander
- Listen audiobook: Beowulf
- Author: Michael Alexander
- Release date: 2003/5/10
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Poetry and Drama
- ISBN: 9780140449310
- Rating: 9.43 of 10
- Votes: 269
- Review by: Paxton Edgar
- Review rating: 8.16 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/22
- Duration: 2H34M21S in 256 kbps (41.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-10
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MPEG4, WMA, FLAC, MPEG-4 ALS, WAV, MP4, MP3 (compression Z, TZ, RAR, EML, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 208
- Includes a PDF summary of 23 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 16M45S (4.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope. It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland. Through its blend of myth and history, Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men and supernatural forces live side by side. And it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world.'Alexander's translation is marked by a conviction that it is possible to be both ambitious and faithful [and] ...communicates the poem with a care which goes beyond fidelity-to-meaning and reaches fidelity of implication. May it go on ... to another half-million copies.' - Tom Shippey, Bulletin of the International Association of University Professors of English
- Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval, Classic Books & Novels, Poetry By Individual Poets, Contemporary Fiction
- Download servers: MEGA, Mediafire, FileNurse, FreakShare, Openload, Microsoft OneDrive, 4Shared, Dropbox. Compressed in Z, TZ, RAR, EML, ZIP
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 8.25 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x12mm
- Weight: 157g
- Printed by: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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