Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
10.4
Points
5.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
24059
Points per Word
0.000208
Page Count
176
Points per Page
0.028409
Description
The noble simplicity of the epic's anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in a vivid verse translation. Beowulf battles Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon. The tranlator is Burton Raffel.