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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia — Philip Sidney

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Philip Sidney

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 789 pages

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia is a pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sidney, a landmark of Elizabethan prose fiction. It weaves together tales of love, honor, and political intrigue among shepherds and princes in an idealized landscape. Worth listening for its influential style and its blend of poetry and narrative.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE’S ARCADIA
  2. CONTENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. THE LIFE OF Sir PHILIP SIDNEY, Kt.
  5. TESTIMONIES CONCERNING THE AUTHOR
  6. [SIDNEY’S DEDICATION]
  7. ARCADIA BOOK I
  8. ARCADIA BOOK II
  9. ARCADIA BOOK III
  10. ARCADIA BOOK IV
  11. ARCADIA BOOK V
  12. A SIXTH BOOK TO THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE’S ARCADIA
  13. ENDNOTES
  14. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
  15. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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