num_pages: 3
description: Presents the poem about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, being exhausted by it and having to live on, physically and psychically exposed, in that exhausted aftermath. This title reveals psychological and spiritual truths that are both permanent and liberating.
language: English
title: Beowulf
titlecomplete: Beowulf
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 Books, Limited (UK)