Beowulf: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Beowulf by Unknown: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 15 original MP3 tracks, 3:23:15 running time and a link to listen.
Beowulf, credited to Unknown, 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 by Unknown. (Translated by John Lesslie Hall.) Read in English by clarinetcarrot The most famous piece of Old English literature, Beowulf was written by an unknown poet at least 1000 years ago and tells how the eponymous hero who is a great warrior defeats the monster Grendel and his mother. He later goes on to rule the Geats before dying killing another foe, a dragon. This metered translation was made by John Lesslie Hall - Summary by clarinetcarrot
Recording facts
- Recording title: Beowulf
- Author credits: Unknown
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 15
- Listed recording duration: 3:23:15
Catalogue topics
- Grendel
- Monster
- pagan
- Anglo-saxon
- Denmark
- beowulf
- dragon
- sword
Track guide
- 00 - Preface — 11:43
- 01 - Chapters I - III — 11:01
- 02 - Chapters IV - VI — 11:09
- 03 - Chapters VII - IX — 11:40
- 04 - Chapters X - XII — 14:33
- 05 - Chapters XIII - XV — 12:14
- 06 - Chapters XVI - XVIII — 12:06
- 07 - Chapters XIX - XXI — 11:25
- 08 - Chapters XXII - XXIV — 15:36
- 09 - Chapters XXV - XXVII — 14:34
- 10 - Chapters XXVIII - XXX — 14:53
- 11 - Chapters XXXI - XXXIII — 14:31
- 12 - Chapters XXXIV - XXXVI — 18:21
- 13 - Chapters XXXVII - XXXIX — 11:53
- 14 - Chapters XL - XLIII — 17:36
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