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Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2The Story
  3. 3Abbreviations Used in the Notes
  4. 4Bibliography of Translations
  5. 5Glossary of Proper Names
  6. 6List of Words and Phrases Not in General Use
  7. 7I — The Life and Death of Scyld
  8. 8II — Scyld’s Successors — Hrothgar’s Great Mead-Hall
  9. 9III — Grendel the Murderer
  10. 10IV — Beowulf Goes to Hrothgar’s Assistance
  11. 11V — The Geats Reach Heorot
  12. 12VI — Beowulf Introduces Himself at the Palace
  13. 13VII — Hrothgar and Beowulf
  14. 14VIII — Hrothgar and Beowulf — Continued
  15. 15IX — Unferth Taunts Beowulf
  16. 16X — Beowulf Silences Unferth — Glee Is High
  17. 17XI — All Sleep Save One
  18. 18XII — Grendel and Beowulf
  19. 19XIII — Grendel Is Vanquished
  20. 20XIV — Rejoicing of the Danes
  21. 21XV — Hrothgar’s Gratitude
  22. 22XVI — Hrothgar Lavishes Gifts upon His Deliverer
  23. 23XVII — Banquet ( continued ) — The Scop’s Song of Finn and Hnæf
  24. 24XVIII — The Finn Episode ( continued ) — The Banquet Continues
  25. 25XIX — Beowulf Receives Further Honor
  26. 26XX — The Mother of Grendel
  27. 27XXI — Hrothgar’s Account of the Monsters
  28. 28XXII — Beowulf Seeks Grendel’s Mother
  29. 29XXIII — Beowulf’s Fight with Grendel’s Mother
  30. 30XXIV — Beowulf Is Double-Conqueror
  31. 31XXV — Beowulf Brings His Trophies — Hrothgar’s Gratitude
  32. 32XXVI — Hrothgar Moralizes — Rest After Labor
  33. 33XXVII — Sorrow at Parting
  34. 34XXVIII — The Homeward Journey — The Two Queens
  35. 35XXIX — Beowulf and Higelac
  36. 36XXX — Beowulf Narrates His Adventures to Higelac
  37. 37XXXI — Gift-Giving Is Mutual
  38. 38XXXII — The Hoard and the Dragon
  39. 39XXXIII — Brave Though Aged — Reminiscences
  40. 40XXXIV — Beowulf Seeks the Dragon — Beowulf’s Reminiscences
  41. 41XXXV — Reminiscences ( continued ) — Beowulf’s Last Battle
  42. 42XXXVI — Wiglaf the Trusty — Beowulf Is Deserted by Friends and by S…
  43. 43XXXVII — The Fatal Struggle — Beowulf’s Last Moments
  44. 44XXXVIII — Wiglaf Plunders the Dragon’s Den — Beowulf’s Death
  45. 45XXXIX — The Dead Foes — Wiglaf’s Bitter Taunts
  46. 46XL — The Messenger of Death
  47. 47XLI — The Messenger’s Retrospect
  48. 48XLII — Wiglaf’s Sad Story — The Hoard Carried Off
  49. 49XLIII — The Burning of Beowulf
  50. 50Addenda

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