The most popular French epic poetry books

Epic poems are long stories in verse about heroes, gods and the fate of peoples. They are the foundation of many of the world's literatures, from ancient Greece and India to medieval Europe. Read them in modern translations that bring out their drama and music. Only books in French are listed.

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L'Odyssée
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L'Odyssée

Homer

1875 · 1993 edition

384 pages

L'Iliade
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L'Iliade

Homer

1519 · 2010 edition

557 pages

Beowulf
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Beowulf

David Wright, Francis Barton Gummere, Burton Raffel, Barry Tharaud, Francis B. Gummere, Ernest J. B. Kirtlan

1970 · 2007 edition

254 pages

Paradise Lost
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Paradise Lost

John Milton

1850 · 2018 edition

396 pages

L'Enéide
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L'Enéide

Virgil

1710 · 2012 edition

429 pages

Grendel
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Grendel

John Gardner

1971 · 2011 edition

192 pages

Beowulf
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Beowulf

2014 · 2015 edition

464 pages

Brunes et Blondes
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Brunes et Blondes

Karl Joseph Simrock

1869 · 2019 edition

638 pages

Le Kalevala
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Le Kalevala

Elias Lönnrot

Published 1849

686 pages

Les Cantos
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Les Cantos

E. Paund

1970 · 2013 edition

1022 pages

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Anne Carson

2013 · 2022 edition

176 pages