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The Faerie Queene Book 3

by Edmund SPENSER (1552 - 1599)

bk3_02 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 02

"The Third Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Britomartis or of Chastitie." The Faerie Queene was never completed, but it continues to be one of the most beautiful and important works of literature ever written. Spenser wrote it as a paean to the Virgin Queen Elizabeth, and to the golden age which she had brought to England. Sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh and commended by the foremost literary minds of his day, Spenser's book remains one of the crowning poetic achievements of the Elizabethan period.(Summary by Annise)

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Listen next episodes of The Faerie Queene Book 3:
bk3_03 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 03 , bk3_04 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 04 , bk3_05 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 05 , bk3_06 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 06 , bk3_07 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 07 , bk3_08 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 08 , bk3_09 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 09 , bk3_10 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 10 , bk3_11 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 11 , bk3_12 - The Legende of Britomartis - Canto 12