中文简介：

在这部盎格鲁-撒克逊史诗中，英雄贝奥武夫为了拯救丹麦国和国王赫鲁斯加，与恐怖、可怕的怪物搏斗。

《贝奥武夫》是一部古英语叙事长诗，此诗可追溯到英格兰盎格鲁-撒克逊时期，作者不明，主要讲述了贝奥武夫的冒险故事。贝奥武夫是基特人，基特人在历史上是现代瑞典人的祖先之一。他应丹麦国王赫鲁斯加的要求，击败了威胁其大殿的巨人怪物格伦德尔。

作为现存最早的现代欧洲方言诗歌之一，《贝奥武夫》描绘了一个充满血腥、胜利和死亡的封建世界——一个崇尚英雄的世界，他们不畏艰险，长途跋涉，打败超自然的怪物，证明自己的力量。

这个古老的故事充满了美感、力量和艺术性，使它流传了上千年。这本设计精美、配有护套的精装版，由约翰·厄尔（John Earle）翻译，并由英国早期文学和史诗学者及教授汤姆·施耐德（Tom Schneider）作序。

Chartwell Classics系列丛书是每个古典文学爱好者书架上的理想书目，包括文学史上一些重要作家的精美作品和作品集。

英文简介：

In this Anglo-Saxon epic, the hero Beowulf fights horrifying, ghastly monsters in his bid to save the hall of Hrothgar, King of the Danes.

Composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer toward the end of the first millennium CE, Beowulf is an Old English epic tale recounting the adventures of Beowulf, a Geatish hero from present-day Sweden. He is called on by Hrothgar, King of the Danes, to defeat Grendel, the powerful monster that threatens his great hall.

As one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, it depicts a feudal world of blood, victory, and death—a world that exalts heroes who travel great distances to prove their might, against all odds, defeating supernatural beasts.

Ringing with the beauty, power, and artistry that have kept its poetry alive for a thousand years, this venerable tale is now available as an elegantly designed, jacketed hardcover editiontranslated by John Earle with an introduction from early British literature and epic poetry scholar and professor Tom Schneider.

Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history.