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2.5 stars.
Not as bad as I remembered it, but still pretty awful.
Not as bad as I remembered it, but still pretty awful.
This was a second go-round for me. When I read Beowulf in school, I was not enamored with the experience of dealing with Anglo-Saxon poetry.
This time, reading it in Healey's translation, using both the bilingual edition for authenticity and the illustrated edition for wonderfully enriching photographs, my experience was different -- a far more positive one.
I also heard parts of Healey's recording of his translated version, and so can recommend that, also. ...more
This time, reading it in Healey's translation, using both the bilingual edition for authenticity and the illustrated edition for wonderfully enriching photographs, my experience was different -- a far more positive one.
I also heard parts of Healey's recording of his translated version, and so can recommend that, also. ...more
This audio captures the essence of this story
Dec 09, 2010
Mackenzie
marked it as classics
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Jennifer Melnyk
marked it as to-read
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Ana
marked it as 00-one-day-tbr
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Laurel Kristick
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