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    Astrophil and Stella
    Astrophil and Stella
    Astrophil and Stella
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    Astrophil and Stella

    Written by Sir Philip Sidney

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means "star-lover") for his beloved Stella (whose name means "star"). It is likely that Sidney based his poems on his own unrequited passion for a married woman. The sequence inspired other sonnet writers of the period, such as Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and Lady Mary Wroth. (Summary written by Elizabeth Klett)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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