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Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. From charles keeping and kevin crossley holland, beowulf. Folktales of britain and ireland, and a brand new retelling. He studied at oxford university, where he developed a passion for anglosaxon literature. Kevin crossleyholland was born in 1941 in north buckinghamshire and grew up in the chilterns.
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