The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Sidney, Philip (1554–1586).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" by Philip Sidney is a prose pastoral romance written towards the end of the 16th century. This ambitious work blends idealized shepherd life with dramatic tales of jousts, political intrigue, kidnappings, and battles. When a duke receives an ominous oracle predicting stolen daughters and a usurped throne, he retreats to a pastoral lodge—hoping to escape fate. Sidney significantly revised and expanded his original version before his death, creating two major texts that scholars call the Old and New Arcadia.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Author credits: Sidney, Philip (1554–1586)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Pastoral literature, English
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
- Category: Romance
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