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Beowulf
Written by Seamus Heaney
Narrated by Seamus Heaney
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One of the great classics of English literature, it tells the story of a hero who wins glory and learns wisdom and is then called upon to face a final test.
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Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His poems, plays, translations, and essays include Opened Ground, Electric Light, Beowulf, The Spirit Level, District and Circle, and Finders Keepers. Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the "most important Irish poet since Yeats."
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great epic with many heroic tales all put in a God fearing light.
I am fond of this translation, which is easier to follow and understand than the poem itself - in my opinion.
Great narration by the translator himself.