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Beowulf Kindle Edition

by J. Lesslie Hall (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07666JTP4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (October 4, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 4, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 408 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 139 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1545508755

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W. B.

Excellent translation of Old English classic

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2022

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Excellent translation, the alliterative verse is very good, one of the better translations of the original Anglo Saxon text available online. The chapter divisions are an interesting and useful addition as well.

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2021

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Had to get this for school. I didn’t like it but it was well written for an epic poem.

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2020

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Classic for kids- I highly recommend

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2015

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Good product. Fast shipping.

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2023

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Needs proofing, a lot of words were ran together. Not the best version So it was annoying to read. Grew epic classic though

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Read for a book club

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2023

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I read this book in high school. I didn't like it then and I only read it for a book club. I understand the significance of this writing. But I will not ever read it again.

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015

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Regarding the Kindle version, the line numbers, which appeared in the "Look Inside" feature, did not appear in the version that was sent to my Kindle. I needed the line numbers, so this was a bit of a problem for me. Regarding the translation itself, Hall employed iambic pentameter, which gives it the "feel" of a Shakespearean work.

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FrancisXYZ

Don't be fooled!

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2014

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The standard translation? For what, over a hundred years ago???

This is a fly-by-night scanning of an outdated translation with a comic book cover from a comic book whose copyright I hope ran out and is not being plagiarized. The scan is not very good because it does not fill the whole page, so as at least to seem like a real book.

But the nerve of these fly-by-nighters to claim copyrights to this work!!! Correct me if I am wrong, but they didn't even site what comic book the swiped the front cover picture from. I believe it was Marvel.

The only reason to read this translation is as part of the history of how Beowulf has been translated over the years. If you don't know the original Old English, then I myself fail to see how you could see how this translation could possibly make sense or be useful. Sure, you might be able to make sense out of it, but without the Old English to compare, you cannot see what it may be sensible to be so obscure.

Correct me if I am wrong - I didn't get past the page I know the Old English of. The other pages are too soaking wet in vomit to return to.

Ugh.

Two stars for the nice binding. If you printed out the PDF file yourself, to get the scans, then you would have to go get it bound yourself; and you may like this professional binding more, and appreciate the cover picture.

One more star for being interested to those interested in translation as an art or science.

But minus one of these stars for deception.

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