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Cover for "Beowulf" translated by Seamus Heaney, featuring a figure wearing chainmail armor and displaying a sticker noting the Whitbread Award.
Beowulf
translated by Seamus Heaney
Read June 5, 2026

Publication Details

Type: Book
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2000
Translated From: Old English

Reading Details

Pages: 106
Location: Lawrence, Kansas (US)

Highlights

First Paragraph:

So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by
and the kings who rule them had courage and greatness.
We have heard of those princes' heroic campaigns.