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Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)

Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)

by Sir Philip Sidney

Single author
119 chapters3h 10mEnglish1598

About this book

Astrophil and Stella is a sequence of sonnets and songs written by Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means "star-lover") for his beloved Stella (whose name means "star"). The first of the famous English sonnet sequences, Astrophel and Stella influenced later writers like Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare. In it, Sidney partially nativised the key features of his Italian model, Petrarch, which served to free the English sonnet from the strict rhyming requirements of the Italian form. - Summary by Alan Mapstone

Chapters (119)

1Sonnet 1
113
2Sonnet 2
83
3Sonnet 3
87
4Sonnet 4
84
5Sonnet 5
84
6Sonnet 6
104
7Sonnet 7
89
8Sonnet 8
109
9Sonnet 9
88
10Sonnet 10
92
11Sonnet 11
69
12Sonnet 12
74
13Sonnet 13
73
14Sonnet 14
69
15Sonnet 15
71
16Sonnet 16
82
17Sonnet 17
81
18Sonnet 18
78
19Sonnet 19
79
20Sonnet 20
81
21Sonnet 21
100
22Sonnet 22
89
23Sonnet 23
90
24Sonnet 24
88
25Sonnet 25
88
26Sonnet 26
91
27Sonnet 27
90
28Sonnet 28
87
29Sonnet 29
92
30Sonnet 30
86
31Sonnet 31
91
32Sonnet 32
85
33Sonnet 33
89
34Sonnet 34
86
35Sonnet 35
83
36Sonnet 36
94
37Sonnet 37
91
38Sonnet 38
93
39Sonnet 39
89
40Sonnet 40
93
41Sonnet 41
88
42Sonnet 42
87
43Sonnet 43
69
44Sonnet 44
69
45Sonnet 45
64
46Sonnet 46
88
47Sonnet 47
75
48Sonnet 48
72
49Sonnet 49
67
50Sonnet 50
68
51Sonnet 51
82
52Sonnet 52
86
53Sonnet 53
96
54Sonnet 54
85
55Sonnet 55
87
56Sonnet 56
57
57Sonnet 57
92
58Sonnet 58
89
59Sonnet 59
76
60Sonnet 60
66
61Sonnet 61
71
62Sonnet 62
69
63Sonnet 63
74
64First Song
194
65Sonnet 64
78
66Sonnet 65
78
67Sonnet 66
72
68Sonnet 67
73
69Sonnet 68
71
70Sonnet 69
79
71Sonnet 70
74
72Sonnet 71
74
73Sonnet 72
80
74Second Song
123
75Sonnet 73
87
76Sonnet 74
77
77Sonnet 75
96
78Sonnet 76
106
79Sonnet 77
111
80Sonnet 78
89
81Sonnet 79
95
82Sonnet 80
101
83Sonnet 81
95
84Sonnet 82
70
85Sonnet 83
70
86Third Song
127
87Sonnet 84
87
88Sonnet 85
90
89Fourth Song
222
90Sonnet 86
88
91Fifth Song
524
92Sixth Song
176
93Seventh Song
133
94Eighth Song
328
95Ninth Song
182
96Sonnet 87
91
97Sonnet 88
91
98Sonnet 89
92
99Sonnet 90
92
100Sonnet 91
97
101Sonnet 92
90
102Tenth Song
178
103Sonnet 93
78
104Sonnet 94
72
105Sonnet 95
76
106Sonnet 96
76
107Sonnet 97
83
108Sonnet 98
87
109Sonnet 99
84
110Sonnet 100
89
111Sonnet 101
89
112Sonnet 102
97
113Sonnet 103
88
114Sonnet 104
90
115Eleventh Song
168
116Sonnet 105
72
117Sonnet 106
70
118Sonnet 107
70
119Sonnet 108
95

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