Project Gutenberg 2023-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 552 Sidney, Philip 1554 1586 Sydney, Philip Sidney, Philip, Sir Bellings, Richard 1613 1677 Beling, Richard Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of 1567 1640 Alexander, William, Earl of Stirling Baker, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert) 1869 1941 Baker, Ernest Albert The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia $aUnited Kingdom :$bGeorge Routledge and Sons, Ltd., $c1907. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Countess_of_Pembroke%27s_Arcadia an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" by Sir Philip Sidney is a prose romance written in the late 16th century. This seminal work serves as a significant example of early English prose fiction, blending elements of poetic inquiry with narrative storytelling. It tells the story of noble young men Musidorus and Pyrocles, along with their romantic pursuits and adventures across an idyllic Arcadian landscape, invoking themes of love, virtue, and chivalry. The opening of the story introduces an emotional tone as the shepherd Strephon and his rival Claius arrive at the sands near the island of Cithera, consumed by memories of their beloved Urania. They express their melancholic longing and reflections on lost love, illustrating their inner struggles through vivid imagery and heartfelt dialogue. As they reminisce and lament their lost affection, they encounter a shipwrecked man named Musidorus, who is desperate to find his friend Pyrocles. This meeting catalyzes a journey filled with themes of friendship and adventure, revealing both the characters' noble intentions and emotional turmoil as they navigate love and loss in their pastoral world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006055311 20230515100917sidney 1907 GB Reading ease score: 54.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Pastoral literature, English PR Text Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: Classics of Literature Category: British Literature 2127722 2025-07-28T06:35:05.523587 text/html 2123795 2023-05-24T17:26:20 text/html 1061344 2025-07-28T06:35:24.293511 application/epub+zip 1087212 2025-07-28T06:35:08.185577 application/epub+zip 934208 2025-07-28T06:35:06.905567 application/epub+zip 1582483 2025-07-28T06:35:36.980926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1564031 2025-07-28T06:35:22.946515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1994811 2025-07-28T06:35:02.687617 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1994529 2023-05-24T17:26:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20864 2025-07-28T06:35:37.160918 application/rdf+xml 34136 2025-07-28T06:35:07.094589 image/jpeg 4830 2025-07-28T06:35:07.006577 image/jpeg 756176 2023-05-24T17:26:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 1021291 2023-05-24T17:26:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 1027902 2025-07-28T06:35:05.693646 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia