Beowulf
by Seamus Heaney
Taste attributes: adventurefantasyhistoricalfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, glossy adventure novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.6 / 5
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About This Book
Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon.
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- Author
- Seamus Heaney
- Published
- 1000
- Pages
- 256
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- Open Library
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