num_pages: 96
description: One of the world's great adventure stories, this epic adventure was first told more than a thousand years ago. Vile and deadly, the monster Grendel rises from his dreggy pool in the night to seek out his victims and kill them in dreadful silence. Hrothgar, king of the Danes, sees no end to the too many of his brave warriors have been slaughtered. Yet there is one man who remains unafraid, one man capable of standing up to the fury of the terrifying monster and his evil mother—Beowulf.
language: English
title: Beowulf
titlecomplete: Beowulf
genres: Fiction, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Childrens, Mythology, Fantasy
ratings_count: 2092
publisher: Orion Children's Books