Welcome to The Big Jewel, where we are constantly brushing up on our Old English sagas to see if they really mention Angelina Jolie. Now that the film of Beowulf is headed to DVD, we remind our readers of the existence of the original epic poem on which it was based. And if cracking the book seems too daunting, Eric Spitznagel has a better idea in his first piece for us: How To Read Beowulf In Just 600 Emails A Day By Eric Spitznagel If you're like me, you probably never actually read "Great Expectations." Or "Pride & Prejudice." Or "The Grapes of Wrath" or "Ulysses" or "Billy Budd" or, well, just about every other classic work of literature that you claimed to have read in high school. Oh sure, you always meant to pick them up eventually, but somehow you just never got around to it... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx