Read by: J. B. Bessinger Jr.
Language: English
Length: 52 minutes
Publisher: HarperAudio
Release date: 2007-09-17
But Beowulf couldn't have counted on meeting Grendel's mother.
And then, later, there's this dragon....
But why read about it? This story was meant to be told, to be repeated aloud. Listen as J. B. Bessinger, Jr., reads Beowulf and many other Old English poems, including Caedmon's Hymn. Listen to poems about love, war, faith, and heroism from centuries past.
Contents include: Caedmon's Hymn, The Dream of the Rood, The Wanderer, The Battle of Brunan Burg, A Wife's Lament, and selections from Beowulf: lines 1-125, lines 195-225, lines 702-852, and lines 3137-3180.