Read through the entire text of "Beowulf" in the original from the 1910 P. F. Collier and Son edition, courtesy of Harvard Classics.

Having trouble with Anglo-Saxon? Read "Beowulf" in a more modern translation made by Francis B. Gummere and published in 1910.

Wiretap offers a version of this classic novel translated from the Old English by Francis B. Gummere.

Full text of this epic is presented in the original Old English and in modern language. With annotations, characters, and historical notes.

See the original, Old English texts of several excerpts from "Beowulf" while listening to them being recited on .wav or TrueSpeech files.