num_pages: 137
description: The poem 'Beowulf' is one of the glories of European Literature. It was composed in Anglo-Saxon verse early in the eighth century and has come down to just one surviving manuscript. This is the text that Julian Glover has taken for this book.
language: English
title: Beowulf
titlecomplete: Beowulf
characters: Onela, Wealhtheow, Beowulf, Grendel, Unferth, Breca, Hrothgar, Wiglaf
genres: Fiction, Poetry, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Medieval, High School, Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 295542
places: Geatland, Sweden, Denmark
publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited