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The Faerie Queene Book 5

by Edmund SPENSER (1552 - 1599)

bk5_04 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 04

The Fifth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Artegall or of Ivstice.This masterpiece 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 he believed 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.

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bk5_05 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 05 , bk5_06 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 06 , bk5_07 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 07 , bk5_08 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 08 , bk5_09 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 09 , bk5_10 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 10 , bk5_11 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 11 , bk5_12 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 12 , bk5_12 - The Legende of Artegal - Canto 12a