Astrophil and Stella: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Astrophil and Stella, credited to Sir Philip Sidney, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Astrophil and Stella, by Sir Philip Sidney. Read by Elizabeth Klett. 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.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Astrophil and Stella
• Author credits: Sir Philip Sidney
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 2:14:18

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• sonnet
• Astrophil
• Stella
• Sidney

Track guide

1. 01 - Sonnets 01-30 — 27:50
2. 02 - Sonnets 31-60 — 28:13
3. 03 - Sonnets 61-84 — 29:13
4. 04 - Sonnets 85-90 — 26:51
5. 05 - Sonnets 91-108 — 22:12

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