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 celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world.
- ISBN10 0141888792
- ISBN13 9780141888798
- Publish Date 1 June 2006 (first published 23 February 1995)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint E-Classics
- Format eBook
- Language English