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Old 10-05-2002, 04:08 AM   #21
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Thanks, I'll try to remember that for when I visit the bookstore again.
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Old 08-23-2004, 04:38 PM   #22
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I picked up a cheap copy of Michael Alexander's translation of Beowulf. I'm still reading the intro, but it looks good so far.
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I read a fairly new translation of Beowulf, and I greatly enjoyed it. An excellent story, that one .
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