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Beowulf

Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the classic Northern epic poem of a hero’s triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people.

 

Became the movie: Beowulf.

Divine Comedy

By Dante Alighieri

Presents a translation of Dante’s allegorical poem. In the first part of Dante's epic poem about the three realms of the Christian afterlife, a spiritual pilgrim is led by Virgil through the nine circles of Hell.

Inferno

By Dante Alighieri

In the first part of Dante's epic poem about the three realms of the Christian afterlife, a spiritual pilgrim is led by Virgil through the nine circles of Hell.

Odyssey

By Homer
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

The epic poem recounting the experiences of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War.

Prince

By Niccolo Machiavelli
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

Tells how to obtain and hold on to power unencumbered by ethical considerations.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Composed in medieval England by an unknown poet and set in what were (even then) the old days of King Arthur, the tale begins when a magical warrior with green skin and green hair interrupts the Christmas party at Camelot with a bizarre challenge which Sir Gawain accepts.

 

Became the movie: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

Three Musketeers

By Alexandre Dumas

D'Artagnan comes to Paris in 1625, duels with three men and becomes their best friend for many adventures.

 

Became the movies: The Three Musketeers (1903, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1969-TV movie, 1973, 1973-TV movie, 1992, 1993, and 2011), At Sword’s Point, The Three Musketeers in Boots, The Four Musketeers, The Return of the Musketeers, Ring of the Musketeers, The Musketeer, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, and Barbie and the Three Musketeers.