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Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary J.R.R. Tolkien · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel's… Shares Beowulf, Epic poetry, Monsters, Dragons
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Beowulf Kevin Crossley-Holland · 1968 · ★ 3.5 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Beowulf, Epic poetry, Monsters, Adaptations with this book.
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Beowulf, with the Finnsburg fragment A. J. Wyatt · 1914 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Epic poetry, Monsters, Dragons, Poetry with this book.
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Beowulf Rosemary Sutcliff · 1961 · ★ 4.0 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Beowulf, Epic poetry, Monsters, Dragons with this book.
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Grendel John Gardner · 1971 · ★ 3.7 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic. This is the book William Gass called "one of the finest of our… Shares Beowulf, Epic poetry, Monsters, Adaptations
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Apparition Poems Adam Fieled · 2006 · 6p · ≈ 12m · Light *Apparition Poems*, by American artist Adam Fieled, is an **epic in fragments**, and includes poems which run the formal and thematic gamut- sonnets, monologues, lyrics, meta-poems, and poems of philosophical inquiry. It was released as a Blazevox print book in 2010. Shares Epic poetry, Poetry
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King Arthur Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1848 · 437p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares Adaptations, Poetry with this book.
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A Sending of Dragons Jane Yolen · 1987 · ★ 4.3 · 189p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Falsely accused of sabotage, Jakkin and Akki are left to certain death in the wilderness of the planet Austar IV but, with the aid of five baby dragons, manage not only to survive but also to gain unusual powers and insights. Shares Monsters, Dragons
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Dragon's Blood Jane Yolen · 1982 · ★ 3.8 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Jakkin was born into bond, in service in the great dragon barns of Master Sarkkhan. The key to his freedom was a fighting dragon of his own, a skilled and deadly beast that could triumph in the dragon pits which lay beneath the Rock. But that was a distant dream - until the day Jakkin stole a hatchling, and found himself the proud possessor of a dragon among dragons, a true fighting red, a… Shares Monsters, Dragons
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Vengeance of Dragons Holly Lisle · 1999 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Dragons with this book.
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Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.
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Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares Poetry
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Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith · 2003 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Dragons with this book.
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The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Poetry with this book.
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The lay of the last minstrel Sir Walter Scott · 1805 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares Adaptations, Poetry with this book.
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Prospectus and specimen of an intended national work John Hookham Frere · 1817 · 61p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Shares Adaptations, Poetry with this book.
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Gareth and Lynette, etc. Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1872 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Poem, translated in Sanskrit prose. Shares Adaptations, Poetry
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The Fall of Arthur J.R.R. Tolkien · 2013 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur. Shares Epic poetry, Adaptations, Poetry

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