Beowulf vs Beowulf: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Beowulf, Epic poetry, Heroes, Monsters, Folklore, Dragons
Beowulf
“So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.”
Beowulf (; ) is an Old English poem, an epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines, contained in the Nowell Codex. It is one of the most important and most often translated…
1 film adaptation
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Beowulf
“So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.”
Beowulf (; ) is an Old English poem, an epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines, contained in the Nowell Codex. It is one of the most important and most often translated…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Readers rate Beowulf highest: Beowulf 3.8 · Beowulf 3.5.
- Beowulf has the widest readership — 355293 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Beowulf | Beowulf | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.5 (355293) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.0 (1) |
Reception
| Beowulf | Beowulf | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 3 | 355293 |
| Editions | 16 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 91973 | 91973 |
| Pages | 96 | 148 |