BEOWULF - FULL AudioBook - Folklore & Mythology - Heroic Epic

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  • BEOWULF - FULL AudioBook - Old English Folklore & Mythology - Heroic Epic Poem - Beowulf is the traditional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.
    It survives in a single manuscript known as the Nowell Codex. Its composition by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet[a] is dated between the 8th and the early 11th century. In 1731, the manuscript was badly damaged by a fire that swept through a building housing a collection of Medieval manuscripts assembled by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton. The poem fell into obscurity for decades, and its existence did not become widely known again until it was printed in 1815 in an edition prepared by the Icelandic-Danish scholar Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin.
    In the poem, Beowulf, a hero of the Geats in Scandinavia, comes to the help of Hroðgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall (in Heorot) has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. After Beowulf slays him, Grendel's mother attacks the hall and is then also defeated. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland in Sweden and later becomes king of the Geats. After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. After his death, his attendants bury him in a tumulus, a burial mound, in Geatland. (summary adapted from wiki)
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    Chapter listing and length:
    Chapter 01 -- 00:16:59
    Read by: Kara Shallenberg
    Chapter 02 -- 00:18:12
    Read by: Kara Shallenberg
    Chapter 03 -- 00:13:57
    Read by: Karen Savage
    Chapter 04 -- 00:18:44
    Read by: Jim Mowatt
    Chapter 05 -- 00:26:04
    Read by: Peter Yearsley
    Chapter 06 -- 00:32:13
    Read by: Cynthia Lyons
    Chapter 07 -- 00:25:28
    Read by: Denny Sayers
    Chapter 08 -- 00:21:02
    Read by: Kirsten Ferreri
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Komentáře • 63

  • @jadentravelling4364
    @jadentravelling4364 Před 9 lety +74

    Hey, unlike everyone I want to say thanks.
    Sure there are always going to be problems with readers, but I mean this is free and is still well done and you can deal with it. Thanks for the upload anyway. Many of the readers were good and made it easy to hear by clarity of voice and good recordings. Thank you!

  • @margarethon5818
    @margarethon5818 Před 3 lety +32

    POV: you are listening to this to finish your summer reading.

    • @ahmedibnadam3434
      @ahmedibnadam3434 Před 3 lety

      Listening to understand the history of human mythology, and thereby uncover a part of our shared human nature.

    • @charliebarton4684
      @charliebarton4684 Před 2 lety

      Yep

  • @ampink81ify
    @ampink81ify Před 3 lety +7

    THIS BOOK TESTS MY ENGLISH SO HARD 😭 i tried to read the one our teacher assigned us and i nearly stroked- thanks for posting this version, i can understand it better than the original anglo saxon case haha

  • @kamerontaylor6110
    @kamerontaylor6110 Před 6 lety +25

    So you guys are disappointed by a free audiobook??? If it's really an issue go buy one? This is literally perfect for a me a lazy teen in high school, props to the reader

    • @johnathanb2114
      @johnathanb2114 Před 4 lety

      @@Davidpostingshid - Perhaps, that is not to say in agreement yet in want of literate noblemen willing to do the job.
      Perhaps this shieldmaiden is not only worthy instead perfectly suited to assist the education of hords of young minds in
      great joy of epic quest.

  • @Graycata
    @Graycata Před 3 lety +4

    She is actually putting theatrics in her speech! Makes it easier to listen to

  • @charlescrowell4981
    @charlescrowell4981 Před 4 lety +17

    "I'll take any class, as long as they don't make me read Beowulf."Woody Allen.

  • @Enoch.Wilcox
    @Enoch.Wilcox Před 11 lety +7

    thank you for putting this up, its one of my favorite books and now can listen to it on the way to college :)

  • @crimsonsamuraiftw
    @crimsonsamuraiftw Před 11 lety +1

    Thank you for sharing!

  • @caveman4535
    @caveman4535 Před 3 lety

    This is one of my favorite poems.

  • @RuffianTux
    @RuffianTux Před 2 lety

    I prefer this reader's enunciation over other readers I've found. She reads a bit more slowly than some other readers but, given how smooth my brain is and how complicated the wording in this story is, it works out really well for me.

  • @bellacataline8506
    @bellacataline8506 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this!

  • @naeemahajee117
    @naeemahajee117 Před 2 lety

    Will definitely use this to teach Beowulf. Thank you

  • @Sarah-zy3nj
    @Sarah-zy3nj Před rokem +1

    Dude the way that I’ve listened to this/read it several times and still cannot comprehend enough to write my paper for history class 🥲💀

  • @quirkyturtle9673
    @quirkyturtle9673 Před 8 lety +66

    If you don't like how she reads it, why not read it yourself.

  • @MsPinecone123
    @MsPinecone123 Před 4 lety +2

    Stephen Fry needs to be reading this.

  • @NikkiExDee
    @NikkiExDee Před 10 lety +10

    This is going to be so hard to listen to for 3 hours..
    The things I do for school. Ugh.

  • @nasromohamed8205
    @nasromohamed8205 Před 7 lety +2

    this is awsome

  • @TheRabbidCow
    @TheRabbidCow Před 10 lety +2

    0:35:13 bookmark

  • @Eman1900O
    @Eman1900O Před 6 lety +11

    This is like a foreign language

    • @sydneypinyerd8438
      @sydneypinyerd8438 Před 5 lety

      It's called old english for a reason

    • @miguellorenzosingian1562
      @miguellorenzosingian1562 Před 5 lety +4

      @@sydneypinyerd8438 This isn't old English. It's been translated to early modern English.

    • @sydneypinyerd8438
      @sydneypinyerd8438 Před 5 lety +1

      @@miguellorenzosingian1562 It originated from old English and was translated to early modern English which is why it doesn't make much sense

    • @miguellorenzosingian1562
      @miguellorenzosingian1562 Před 5 lety +1

      @@sydneypinyerd8438 What? I don't follow your logic. It was translated so that modern English speakers could understand it. It's just a difficult piece, but not because of the version of English it uses.

    • @johnathanb2114
      @johnathanb2114 Před 4 lety

      I think the rarity to full compete sentences is such a unusual find a to be almost foreign.

  • @mousey1
    @mousey1 Před 6 lety +5

    While an old wizard style voice would be interesting, there isn't a problem with her being a woman. Cate Blanchett did a pretty great job introducing The Lord of the Rings.

  • @deadghost316
    @deadghost316 Před 5 lety

    TL;DR Beowulf is a badass

  • @alijaseem2959
    @alijaseem2959 Před 7 lety

    اكو ترجمه😍

  • @michael_studio6919
    @michael_studio6919 Před 4 lety

    16: 39

  • @johngouge5335
    @johngouge5335 Před 11 lety +1

    get more guys

  • @jessicaslade3601
    @jessicaslade3601 Před 9 lety +1

    She pronounces Schild Schiefing wrong. It's SH, not SK.

  • @86Realz
    @86Realz Před 4 lety +1

    It’s not a woman thing the point is always the fact Beowulf is a manly character, I see too many women getting mad but they don’t understand they can disrespect someone culture forgetting Beowulf is a story and not really a book

  • @TacDyne
    @TacDyne Před 8 lety +1

    Hi Jill ee ack. It isn't that hard to pronounce. It isn't Higlack.

  • @ixl911ixl
    @ixl911ixl Před 8 lety

    This should be taken down for depreciating the value of this great work.

  • @nasromohamed8205
    @nasromohamed8205 Před 7 lety +1

    and nice try to add 50000 subscribes people make other accounts

  • @arwilson7239
    @arwilson7239 Před rokem

    How is this my homework?????????????????????

  • @ixl911ixl
    @ixl911ixl Před 8 lety +1

    A more apt title for this video would read, "How to ruin a classic."

  • @yurysharov4499
    @yurysharov4499 Před rokem

    Why do so many people here brag about the reader? If you don't like her having a female voice, go read the story yourselves or listen to another reader!

  • @ErikTheBigKMan
    @ErikTheBigKMan Před 9 lety +6

    This reader has no sense of rhythm or gravitas or dramatic voice. She is just reading to read, much like a teen might in English class. Does not draw me in at all. Very sad.

    • @Graycata
      @Graycata Před 3 lety

      The other guy from Libervox reading this same work is worse.

  • @ScienceViking
    @ScienceViking Před 10 lety +7

    Sorry, but I really can't listen to this. Beowulf read by an American woman? No.
    Please, somebody, do another audio book that can be enjoyed properly.

    • @microtom243
      @microtom243 Před 8 lety

      +Science Viking Yeah, +1

    • @edram4051
      @edram4051 Před 7 lety

      American, Irish, Scottish, Australian and Northern English accents are closer to what Old English sounded like.

    • @bobbytwoshades9986
      @bobbytwoshades9986 Před 6 lety +1

      How about you read it yourself, ungrateful lazy ass.

    • @ceawlinofwessex6607
      @ceawlinofwessex6607 Před 6 lety

      I understand it's volunteers, but seriously; she shouldn't have bothered

    • @ceawlinofwessex6607
      @ceawlinofwessex6607 Před 6 lety

      Ed Ram .... Do you even know what an accent is?

  • @Davidpostingshid
    @Davidpostingshid Před 6 lety +4

    A women should not be reading this

    • @bobbytwoshades9986
      @bobbytwoshades9986 Před 6 lety +3

      Why not?.... It's a story, anyone has the right to read it if they want. If you don't like her rendition then move on.

    • @Davidpostingshid
      @Davidpostingshid Před 6 lety +3

      Bobby Two Shades For a story like Beowulf, a voice like this fails to capture the feel of a Nordic hero’s tale. Not to mention her narrating is bland and monotonous. Also, a rebuttal for your second statement: I have freedom of speech and can give my opinion no matter how unpopular or unfair it seems to you.

    • @mikee3911
      @mikee3911 Před 6 lety

      The Wanderer and obviously gets more than you.