Project Gutenberg 2015-12-21 Public domain in the USA. 6073 Kirtlan, Ernest J. B. (Ernest John Brigham) 1868 1937 Kirtlan, Ernest John Brigham Kirtlan, E. J. B. (Ernest John Brigham) Lawrence, Frederic William 1882 1948 Lawrence, Frederic W. The Story of Beowulf, Translated from Anglo-Saxon into Modern English Prose Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Story of Beowulf, Translated from Anglo-Saxon into Modern English Prose" by Ernest J. B. Kirtlan is an epic poem translated into prose form, likely written in the early medieval period, around the time of the Anglo-Saxon culture. The work narrates the legendary deeds of Beowulf, a hero from the Geatish clan who travels to Denmark to aid King Hrothgar in combating the monster Grendel, delving into themes of heroism, loyalty, and the struggle between good and evil. At the start of the narrative, the poem introduces the legendary history of the Spear-Danes, detailing the glory of their kings, particularly Scyld, who rises from humble beginnings to become a mighty ruler. After Scyld’s passing, the lineage of Danish kings is explored, culminating in Hrothgar, who builds a grand mead-hall called Heorot. However, their joy is dampened by the terror of Grendel, a monstrous creature who preys on Hrothgar’s warriors. This struggle of man against monster sets the stage for Beowulf’s impending quest as he hears of Grendel's reign of terror and decides to cross the sea with a band of warriors, ready to confront the beast and restore peace to the Danes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Monsters -- Fiction Heroes -- Fiction Beowulf -- Adaptations Epic poetry, English (Old) -- Adaptations PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 334344 333667 2024-10-03T07:00:10.179388 2023-09-22T06:28:32.181940 text/html text/html 296167 2024-10-03T06:19:27 text/html 378964 2024-10-03T07:00:40.207287 application/epub+zip 437519 2024-10-03T07:00:25.225356 application/epub+zip 231551 2024-10-03T07:00:16.288398 application/epub+zip 681896 2024-10-03T07:00:52.023178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638986 2024-10-03T07:00:38.604233 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242234 2022-09-23T05:17:17.081909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215503 215460 2024-10-03T07:00:08.722397 2023-09-22T06:28:30.980930 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 195347 2024-10-03T06:19:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 215761 2015-12-21T14:10:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21554 2024-10-03T07:00:52.189173 application/rdf+xml 16438 2024-10-03T07:00:23.618335 image/jpeg 2457 2024-10-03T07:00:23.555312 image/jpeg 80346 2015-12-21T14:10:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 370169 2015-12-21T14:10:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 372079 2024-10-03T07:00:10.240548 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog