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Astrophil and Stella

by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

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 by Elizabeth Klett)

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Total running time: 2:14:18
Read by Elizabeth Klett

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 – Sonnets 01-30 – 00:27:49
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 26.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 17.5]
• 02 – Sonnets 31-60 – 00:28:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 13.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 27.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 17.8]
• 03 – Sonnets 61-84 – 00:29:13
  [mp3@64kbps - 14.0MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 28.0MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18.4]
• 04 – Sonnets 85-90 – 00:26:51
  [mp3@64kbps - 12.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 25.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 18.2]
• 05 – Sonnets 91-108 – 00:22:12
  [mp3@64kbps - 10.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 21.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 14.0]

Cataloged on November 21, 2007