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The Tale of Beowulf

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  1. 1Argument
  2. 2The Story of Beowulf — I. And First of the Kindred of Hrothgar
  3. 3III — How Grendel Fell Upon Hart and Wasted It
  4. 4IV — Now Comes Beowulf Ecgtheow’s Son to the Land of the Danes, and…
  5. 5V — Here Beowulf Makes Answer to the Land-Warden, Who Showeth Him t…
  6. 6VI — Beowulf and the Geats Come Into Hart
  7. 7VII — Beowulf Speaketh With Hrothgar, and Telleth How He Will Meet…
  8. 8VIII — Hrothgar Answereth Beowulf and Biddeth Him Sit to the Feast
  9. 9IX — Unferth Contendeth in Words With Beowulf
  10. 10X — Beowulf Makes an End of His Tale of the Swimming. Wealhtheow, H…
  11. 11XI — Now Is Beowulf Left in the Hall Alone With His Men
  12. 12XII — Grendel Cometh Into Hart: Of the Strife Betwixt Him and Beowulf
  13. 13XIII — Beowulf Hath the Victory: Grendel Is Hurt Deadly and Leaveth…
  14. 14XIV — The Danes Rejoice; They Go to Look on the Slot of Grendel, an…
  15. 15XV — King Hrothgar and His Thanes Look on the Arm of Grendel. Conve…
  16. 16XVI — Hrothgar Giveth Gifts to Beowulf
  17. 17XVII — They Feast in Hart. The Gleeman Sings of Finn and Hengest
  18. 18XVIII — The Ending of the Tale of Finn
  19. 19XIX — More Gifts Are Given to Beowulf. The Brising Collar Told Of
  20. 20XX — Grendel’s Dam Breaks Into Hart and Bears Off Aeschere
  21. 21XXI — Hrothgar Laments the Slaying of Aeschere, and Tells of Grende…
  22. 22XXII — They Follow Grendel’s Dam to Her Lair
  23. 23XXIII — Beowulf Reacheth the Mere-Bottom in a Day’s While, and Cont…
  24. 24XXIV — Beowulf Slayeth Grendel’s Dam, Smiteth Off Grendel’s Head, a…
  25. 25XXV — Converse of Hrothgar With Beowulf
  26. 26XXVI — More Converse of Hrothgar and Beowulf: The Geats Make Them R…
  27. 27XXVII — Beowulf Bids Hrothgar Farewell: The Geats Fare to Ship
  28. 28XXVIII — Beowulf Comes Back to His Land. Of the Tale of Thrytho
  29. 29XXIX — Beowulf Tells Hygelac of Hrothgar: Also of Freawaru His Daug…
  30. 30XXX — Beowulf Forebodes Ill From the Wedding of Freawaru: He Tells…
  31. 31XXXIV — Beowulf Goes Against the Worm. He Tells of Herebeald and Hæ…
  32. 32XXXV — Beowulf Tells of Past Feuds, and Bids Farewell to His Fellow…
  33. 33XXXVI — Wiglaf Son of Weohstan Goes to the Help of Beowulf: Nægling…
  34. 34XXXVII — They Two Slay the Worm. Beowulf Is Wounded Deadly: He Bidd…
  35. 35XXXVIII — Beowulf Beholdeth the Treasure and Passeth Away
  36. 36XXXIX — Wiglaf Casteth Shame on Those Fleers
  37. 37XL — Wiglaf Sendeth Tiding to the Host: The Words of the Messenger
  38. 38XLI — More Words of the Messenger. How He Fears the Swedes When The…
  39. 39XLII — They Go to Look on the Field of Deed
  40. 40XLIII — Of the Burial of Beowulf

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