by Francis Barton Gummere (Author), Anonymous (Author)
Beowulf is one of the great works of Anglo Saxon literature. It's an epic Old English poem. Grendel is the monster terrorizing the mead hall. Beowulf is Scandinavian hero who comes to kill the monster. Alas, the monster has a mother, and you know how mothers react when their children are threatened or killed...
This Large Print Edition is presented in easy-to-read 16 point type.
Author Biography
Anonymous. Yeah, there's not much we can tell you about the author as nobody knows anything beyond a wide estimate that Beowulf was written between the 8th and 11th centuries CE. We think you'll enjoy the tale even without knowing anything about the author. Oh, who are we kidding? Odds are, you're reading this only because it was assigned in class, but hey, it has a cool cover.