Beowulf: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Beowulf, credited to Anonymous, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Beowulf, translated by Francis Barton Gummere (1855-1919). This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who saves the Spear-Danes from the terrible monster Grendel and his venomous mother. Long a mainstay of English Literature 101 courses at universities around the world, it is not only one of the oldest, but one of the most exciting English folktales ever invented. The sections are all short -- no more than 10 pages each -- and contain several sections of the poem

Recording facts

• Recording title: Beowulf
• Author credits: Anonymous
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 2:52:39

Catalogue topics

• old English
• poetry
• hero
• Grendel
• Dane

Track guide

1. Beowulf - Section 01 — 17:00
2. Beowulf - Section 02 — 18:12
3. Beowulf - Section 03 — 13:58
4. Beowulf - Section 04 — 18:44
5. Beowulf - Section 05 — 26:04
6. Beowulf - Section 06 — 32:04
7. Beowulf - Section 07 — 34:46
8. Beowulf - Section 08 — 21:03

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