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Beowulf

Beowulf

by Anonymous

A hero is hired to kill a monster that has been plaguing the land.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1892
Latest release
Jul 28, 2026
Pages
103
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Public page

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Table of Contents

  1. Preface
  2. The Story
  3. I. The Life and Death of Scyld
  4. II. Scyld’s Successors—Hrothgar’s Great Mead-Hall
  5. III. Grendel the Murderer
  6. IV. Beowulf Goes to Hrothgar’s Assistance
  7. V. The Geats Reach Heorot
  8. VI. Beowulf Introduces Himself at the Palace
  9. VII. Hrothgar and Beowulf
  10. VIII. Hrothgar and Beowulf—Continued
  11. IX. Unferth Taunts Beowulf
  12. Beowulf Silences Unferth
  13. XI. All Sleep Save One
  14. XII. Grendel and Beowulf
  15. XIII. Grendel Is Vanquished
  16. XIV. Rejoicing of the Danes
  17. XV. Hrothgar’s Gratitude
  18. XVI. Hrothgar Lavishes Gifts Upon His Deliverer
  19. XVII. Banquet (Continued)
  20. XVIII. The Finn Episode (Continued)
  21. XIX. Beowulf Receives Further Honor
  22. The Mother of Grendel
  23. XXI. Hrothgar’s Account of the Monsters
  24. XXII. Beowulf Seeks Grendel’s Mother
  25. XXIII. Beowulf’s Fight with Grendel’s Mother
  26. XXIV. Beowulf Is Double-Conqueror
  27. XXV. Beowulf Brings His Trophies
  28. XXVI. Hrothgar Moralizes—Rest After Labor
  29. XXVII. Sorrow at Parting
  30. XXVIII. The Homeward Journey—The Two Queens
  31. XXIX. Beowulf and Higelac
  32. Beowulf Narrates His Adventures to Higelac
  33. XXXI. Gift-Giving Is Mutual
  34. XXXII. The Hoard and the Dragon
  35. XXXIII. Brave Though Aged—Reminiscences
  36. XXXIV. Beowulf Seeks the Dragon
  37. XXXV. Reminiscences (Continued)—Beowulf’s Last Battle
  38. XXXVI. Wiglaf the Trusty
  39. XXXVII. The Fatal Struggle
  40. XXXVIII. Wiglaf Plunders the Dragon’s Den—Beowulf’s Death
  41. XXXIX. The Dead Foes—Wiglaf’s Bitter Taunts
  42. XL. The Messenger of Death
  43. XLI. The Messenger’s Retrospect
  44. XLII. Wiglaf’s Sad Story—The Hoard Carried Off
  45. XLIII. The Burning of Beowulf