Krieg und Frieden
jan 16:01h

lesen: Krieg und Frieden, Leo N. Tolstoi

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Two Worlds
alvy singer 09:12h

Hrothgar:

  • golden, almighty
  • hall reaches toward heaven
  • hall: a towery building
  • "music rang loud"
  • "poets sing clear song"

Grendel:

  • down in darkness
  • associated with pain/cain's sin
  • monster spawned
  • in that slimy swamp
  • hell on earth

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Pepys' Diary
alvy singer 10:17h

Pepys' recordings of everyday life in the 17th century are a remarkable achievement.

Weblog version of his diaries, 1st January 1660 is 1st January 2003

Large website website with all the diaries online.

Complete text version of the diary on one file. (6,6mb!) (Project Gutenberg)

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Beowulf
alvy singer 10:03h

the classic tail of a warrior - the oldest known epic.

Modern translation of the Epic are available here (Dr. David Breeden) and here (Frances B. Grummere, Harvard Classics).

Beowulf On The Net - a nice overview

Beowulf in Hypertext - Old English, and modern translation. Contains historical and character notes.

HTML and text by Project Gutenberg. (modern translation)

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
alvy singer 09:43h

modern translation is available here

also available in middle english

see here also. camelot project of the university of rochester

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