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Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children

by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (1867-1941)

The brave warrior, Beowulf, comes to the aid of King Hrothgar when he hears that Grendel, a horrible monster, is terrorizing the inhabitants of Hart Hall. Beowulf heroically battles Grendel, the Water Witch, and a fierce dragon. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

• The Baldwin Project e-text
• Wikipedia - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
• LibriVox’s Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book - 56MB
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Total running time: 1:55:48

mp3 and ogg files

• 00 - About This Book - 00:02:07
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  [ogg vorbis - 1.1MB]
  Read by: Laura Caldwell
• 01 - How Grendel the Ogre Warred with the Dane Folk - 00:10:29
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  Read by: Rhonda Federman
• 02 - How Beowulf the Goth Came to Daneland - 00:12:11
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  [mp3@128kbps - 11.7MB]
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  Read by: Diogenes Dog
• 03 - Beowulf Telleth How He Warred with the Sea Folk - 00:11:08
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  Read by: Diogenes Dog
• 04 - How Beowulf Overcame Grendel the Ogre - 00:10:38
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  Read by: Rhonda Federman
• 05 - How the Water Witch Warred with the Dane Folk - 00:09:48
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  [mp3@128kbps - 9.4MB]
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  Read by: J. M. Smallheer
• 06 - How Beowulf Overcame the Water Witch - 00:08:27
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  [ogg vorbis - 4.5MB]
  Read by: Rhonda Federman
• 07 - How Beowulf Returned to his Own Land - 00:12:49
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  Read by: Diogenes Dog
• 08 - How the Fire Dragon Warred with the Goth Folk - 00:11:43
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  [mp3@128kbps - 11.2MB]
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  Read by: Laura Caldwell
• 09 - How Beowulf Overcame the Dragon - 00:15:18
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  [ogg vorbis - 8.1MB]
  Read by: Rhonda Federman
• 10 - Beowulf’s Last Rest - 00:11:10
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  [ogg vorbis - 5.9MB]
  Read by: Maggie Russell

Cataloged on December 03, 2008