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Francis barton gummere translates this beautiful poem. Beowulf heroically battles grendel, the water witch, and a fierce dragon. Beowulf was a great story though it ran on at many points. Download librivox audio books free app for android. Downloading these types of books to your mp4 player is a relatively easy process. By nicole ortiz 23 august 2020 virtual audio cable delivers audio streams between applications heres how to download it virtual audio cable is a. Librivox audio books offers unlimited access to over 24,000 free audio books. Victorious, beowulf goes home to geatland in sweden and later becomes king of the geats. Beowulf hall translation unknown translated by john lesslie hall 1856 1928. The different style readings at different paces for every section in this particular audio book took some getting used to. Originally written in old english, this translation by francis barton gummere updates it to modern english. Beowulf version 2 unknown translated by francis barton gummere 1855 1919 beowulf was composed by an anonymous anglosaxon poet.
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