Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)


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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 (3 hr 10 min)

Chapters

Sonnet 1 1:53 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 2 1:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 3 1:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 4 1:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 5 1:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 6 1:44 Read by Kerry Adams
Sonnet 7 1:29 Read by Kerry Adams
Sonnet 8 1:49 Read by Kerry Adams
Sonnet 9 1:28 Read by Kerry Adams
Sonnet 10 1:32 Read by Kerry Adams
Sonnet 11 1:09 Read by KevinS
Sonnet 12 1:14 Read by KevinS
Sonnet 13 1:13 Read by KevinS
Sonnet 14 1:09 Read by KevinS
Sonnet 15 1:11 Read by KevinS
Sonnet 16 1:22 Read by Algy Pug
Sonnet 17 1:21 Read by Algy Pug
Sonnet 18 1:18 Read by Algy Pug
Sonnet 19 1:19 Read by Algy Pug
Sonnet 20 1:21 Read by Algy Pug
Sonnet 21 1:40 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 22 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 23 1:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 24 1:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 25 1:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 26 1:31 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 27 1:30 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 28 1:27 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 29 1:32 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 30 1:26 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 31 1:31 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 32 1:25 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 33 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 34 1:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 35 1:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 36 1:34 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 37 1:31 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 38 1:33 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 39 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 40 1:33 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 41 1:28 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 42 1:27 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 43 1:09 Read by jenno
Sonnet 44 1:09 Read by jenno
Sonnet 45 1:04 Read by jenno
Sonnet 46 1:28 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 47 1:15 Read by J. Damain
Sonnet 48 1:12 Read by J. Damain
Sonnet 49 1:07 Read by J. Damain
Sonnet 50 1:08 Read by J. Damain
Sonnet 51 1:22 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 52 1:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 53 1:36 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 54 1:25 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 55 1:27 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 56 0:57 Read by MistyForest
Sonnet 57 1:32 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 58 1:29 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 59 1:16 Read by cathar maiden
Sonnet 60 1:06 Read by jenno
Sonnet 61 1:11 Read by jenno
Sonnet 62 1:09 Read by jenno
Sonnet 63 1:14 Read by jenno
First Song 3:14 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 64 1:18 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 65 1:18 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 66 1:12 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 67 1:13 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 68 1:11 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 69 1:19 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 70 1:14 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 71 1:14 Read by ToddHW
Sonnet 72 1:20 Read by ToddHW
Second Song 2:03 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 73 1:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 74 1:17 Read by Belisarius
Sonnet 75 1:36 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 76 1:46 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 77 1:51 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 78 1:29 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 79 1:35 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 80 1:41 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 81 1:35 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 82 1:10 Read by Belisarius
Sonnet 83 1:10 Read by Belisarius
Third Song 2:07 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 84 1:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 85 1:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
Fourth Song 3:42 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 86 1:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
Fifth Song 8:44 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sixth Song 2:56 Read by Alan Mapstone
Seventh Song 2:13 Read by Alan Mapstone
Eighth Song 5:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
Ninth Song 3:02 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 87 1:31 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 88 1:31 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 89 1:32 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 90 1:32 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 91 1:37 Read by nighthawks
Sonnet 92 1:30 Read by nighthawks
Tenth Song 2:58 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 93 1:18 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 94 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 95 1:16 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 96 1:16 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 97 1:23 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 98 1:27 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 99 1:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 100 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 101 1:29 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 102 1:37 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 103 1:28 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 104 1:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
Eleventh Song 2:48 Read by Alan Mapstone
Sonnet 105 1:12 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 106 1:10 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 107 1:10 Read by Larry Wilson
Sonnet 108 1:35 Read by Alan Mapstone