Books on Beowulf and Old English heroic epic.

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The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays 3.96 avg rating — 4,006 ratings
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The Origins of Beowulf, and the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia
The Origins of Beowulf, and the Pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia 4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,053 ratings
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The Audience of Beowulf
The Audience of Beowulf 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, #3)
The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg (Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Widsith: a Study in Old English Heroic Legend
Widsith: a Study in Old English Heroic Legend 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Return of the Vikings: The Battle of Maldon 991
The Return of the Vikings: The Battle of Maldon 991 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Old English Heroic Poems and the Social Life of Texts
Old English Heroic Poems and the Social Life of Texts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to Wiglaf
The Origins of Beowulf: From Vergil to Wiglaf 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Dating of Beowulf
The Dating of Beowulf 3.34 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Interpretations of Beowulf: A Critical Anthology
Interpretations of Beowulf: A Critical Anthology 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 23)
Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 23) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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A Beowulf Handbook
A Beowulf Handbook 4.21 avg rating — 48 ratings
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A Critical Companion to Beowulf
A Critical Companion to Beowulf 4.10 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Beowulf, Swedes and Geats
Beowulf, Swedes and Geats 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Beowulf and Epic Tradition
Beowulf and Epic Tradition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Beowulf and Its Analogues
Beowulf and Its Analogues 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Medieval Dragon: The Nature of the Beast in Germanic Literature
The Medieval Dragon: The Nature of the Beast in Germanic Literature 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Beowulf and Lejre (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, #323)
Beowulf and Lejre (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, #323) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England
An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England 3.57 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburgh
Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburgh
by: Unknown
3.87 avg rating — 3,295 ratings
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The Battle of Maldon
The Battle of Maldon
by: Anonymous
3.66 avg rating — 471 ratings
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Widsith
Widsith 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Battle Of Maldon, AD 991
The Battle Of Maldon, AD 991 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook (Liverpool Historical Casebooks)
The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook (Liverpool Historical Casebooks) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry (Vol 2)
Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry (Vol 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Scyld and Scef: Expanding the Analogues
Scyld and Scef: Expanding the Analogues 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Vikings
The Vikings 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Anglo-Saxon Poetry 4.12 avg rating — 309 ratings
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Beowulf: an introduction to the study of the poem, with a discussion of the stories of Offa and Finn
Beowulf: an introduction to the study of the poem, with a discussion of the stories of Offa and Finn 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Faces in the Fire (Women of Beowulf, #1)
Faces in the Fire (Women of Beowulf, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Beowulf as Children's Literature
Beowulf as Children's Literature really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Fanning the Flames (Women of Beowulf, #2)
Fanning the Flames (Women of Beowulf, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: 'Beowulf' as Metaphor
Gold-Hall and Earth-Dragon: 'Beowulf' as Metaphor 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Beowulf & Finnesburg Fragment: A Translation Into Modern English Prose
Beowulf & Finnesburg Fragment: A Translation Into Modern English Prose 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Grendel
Grendel 3.69 avg rating — 41,622 ratings
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Cloak of Ashes (Women of Beowulf, #3)
Cloak of Ashes (Women of Beowulf, #3) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Beowulf: Das Alteste Deutsche Epos (1859) (German Edition)
Beowulf: Das Alteste Deutsche Epos (1859) (German Edition)
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,053 ratings
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The Metrical Grammar of Beowulf (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 5)
The Metrical Grammar of Beowulf (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 5) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Battle of Maldon and Other Old English Poems
The Battle of Maldon and Other Old English Poems 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology 4.07 avg rating — 914 ratings
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A Concordance to Beowulf
A Concordance to Beowulf 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons 4.05 avg rating — 634 ratings
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A History of the Vikings
A History of the Vikings 3.85 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Beowulf and the Seventh Century: Language and Content
Beowulf and the Seventh Century: Language and Content 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript
Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Beowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition
Beowulf: The Poem and Its Tradition 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Digressions in Beowulf
The Digressions in Beowulf 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Beowulf and the Critics (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, #248)
Beowulf and the Critics (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, #248) 4.11 avg rating — 372 ratings
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The Geats of Beowulf: a study in the geographical mythology of the Middle Ages
The Geats of Beowulf: a study in the geographical mythology of the Middle Ages liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Art of Beowulf.
The Art of Beowulf. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The earliest English poetry;: A critical survey of the poetry written before the Norman Conquest, with illustrative translations,
The earliest English poetry;: A critical survey of the poetry written before the Norman Conquest, with illustrative translations, 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Essays in Appreciation : For John C. McGalliard
Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Essays in Appreciation : For John C. McGalliard 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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A Study of Old English Literature
A Study of Old English Literature 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the Beowulf Manuscript
Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the Beowulf Manuscript 4.13 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Deor
Deor 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Old English minor heroic poems
Old English minor heroic poems really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Waldere
Waldere 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Old English Epic of Waldere
The Old English Epic of Waldere 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Walter of Aquitaine: Materials for the Study of His Legend (Connecticut College Monographs, #4)
Walter of Aquitaine: Materials for the Study of His Legend (Connecticut College Monographs, #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England: Its Archaeology and Literature
The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England: Its Archaeology and Literature 4.19 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Legends of Ermanaric
The Legends of Ermanaric 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Finnsburh Fragment and Episode
Finnsburh Fragment and Episode it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The structure of Beowulf
The structure of Beowulf 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Electronic Beowulf
Electronic Beowulf 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Narrative Pulse of Beowulf: Arrivals and Departures
Narrative Pulse of Beowulf: Arrivals and Departures
by: John Hill
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Beowulf and the Illusion of History
Beowulf and the Illusion of History 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Beowulf and the Celtic Tradition
Beowulf and the Celtic Tradition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Beowulf and the Dragon : Parallels and Analogues
Beowulf and the Dragon : Parallels and Analogues 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Four Funerals in Beowulf: and the Structure of the Poem
The Four Funerals in Beowulf: and the Structure of the Poem 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Beowulf & Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures
Beowulf & Other Stories: A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures 3.79 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 6)
The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 6) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry: The Major Latin Texts in Translation, Volume 1. Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry: The Major Germanic and Celtic Texts in Translation. Volume 2. 2 volume set.
Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry: The Major Latin Texts in Translation, Volume 1. Sources and Analogues of Old English Poetry: The Major Germanic and Celtic Texts in Translation. Volume 2. 2 volume set. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Images of Community in Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 18)
Images of Community in Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 18) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 27)
Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 27) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Old English Biblical Verse: Studies in Genesis, Exodus and Daniel (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 16)
Old English Biblical Verse: Studies in Genesis, Exodus and Daniel (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 16) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Hero and Exile: The Art of Old English Poetry
Hero and Exile: The Art of Old English Poetry 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Heathen Gods in Old English Literature (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, #22)
Heathen Gods in Old English Literature (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, #22) 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Text and Picture in Anglo-Saxon England: Narrative Strategies in the Junius 11 Manuscript (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 31)
Text and Picture in Anglo-Saxon England: Narrative Strategies in the Junius 11 Manuscript (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 31) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Old Testament Narratives
Old Testament Narratives 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Beowulf's Wealhtheow and the Valkyrie Tradition
Beowulf's Wealhtheow and the Valkyrie Tradition 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Beowulf: The Critical Heritage (Critical Heritage Series)
Beowulf: The Critical Heritage (Critical Heritage Series) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Language, Sign and Gender in Beowulf
Language, Sign and Gender in Beowulf really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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A comparative study of the Beowulf and the Aeneid
A comparative study of the Beowulf and the Aeneid 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Cultural World in Beowulf
The Cultural World in Beowulf
by: John Hill
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Beowulf and the Appositive Style (Hodges Lecture Series)
Beowulf and the Appositive Style (Hodges Lecture Series) 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Tomb of Beowulf: And Other Essays on Old English
The Tomb of Beowulf: And Other Essays on Old English 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Cruces of Beowulf
Cruces of Beowulf 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Alcuin and Beowulf: An Eighth-Century View
Alcuin and Beowulf: An Eighth-Century View really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Editing of Old English
The Editing of Old English really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki 4.09 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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The Anglo-Saxon Warrior Ethic: Reconstructing Lordship in Early English Literature
The Anglo-Saxon Warrior Ethic: Reconstructing Lordship in Early English Literature
by: John Hill
3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England
The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings
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The later Genesis and other Old English and Old Saxon texts relating to the fall of man
The later Genesis and other Old English and Old Saxon texts relating to the fall of man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Migration and Mythmaking in Anglo-Saxon England
Migration and Mythmaking in Anglo-Saxon England 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel
The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel 4.16 avg rating — 154 ratings
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Saxo Grammaticus, The History of the Danes, Books I-IX, Vol.2: Commentary
Saxo Grammaticus, The History of the Danes, Books I-IX, Vol.2: Commentary 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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History of the Danes (Bk.1-9)
History of the Danes (Bk.1-9) 3.99 avg rating — 259 ratings
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Studies in Heroic Legend and in Current Speech
Studies in Heroic Legend and in Current Speech 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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