Beowulf

by Anonymous

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Genres: Epic, Classics

140 pages, Paperback

Published June 14, 2012

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

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Reviews

[Antonia Panayotova · Rating 3 out of 5]

I understand how impressive it is for what it is and when it was created, but reading it today it is okay. Yes an epic, fascianting stories, but I don't love the structure and lyricism is a bit lacking (the changed language likely doesn't help), and it reminds me somewhat of the illiad of how descriptive it is, rather than action focuses (even for such a short book). It is worth reading though,fascinating to understand where many drew inspiration from for today's epics

[Gabriel Tamaș · Rating 3 out of 5]

The rating is for the translation alone. The story obviously gets 5/5 stars.

Yet the translation, albeit trying to sound genuine, with all te aliterations and skaldic metaphors, it comes short in conveying the narration itself. Especially for a non-native speaker, this version is a slow and teadious read, with many segments of the story left unclear.