num_pages: 264
description: In this innovative edition, the Old English verse text of Beowulf is faced by a pageon which almost every word is glossed, giving readers direct access to the original of this complex and rewarding work. This edition also includes notes, a map, a glossary of proper names and a wonderfully illuminating introduction to thr poem and its world.
language: English
title: Beowulf: Old English Edition
titlecomplete: Beowulf: Old English Edition
characters: Wealhtheow, Unferth, Onela, Grendel, Wiglaf, Hrothgar, Breca, Beowulf
genres: Read For School, Mythology, School, Medieval, Poetry, Literature, High School, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 295514
places: Denmark, Geatland, Sweden
publisher: Penguin Classics