The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Sir Philip Sidney

Original title: Arcadia

earliest edition we have, 1900 Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1900 576 pages

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Basilus, a foolish old duke, consults an oracle as he imperiously wishes to know the future, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies about his family and kingdom he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of wandering princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications,...

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Editions we hold

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia ebook · 2010 · Penguin Group UK · 9780141958781
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The old Arcadia) edition · 2008 · Oxford University Press · 399 pages · 9780199549849
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) edition · 1999 · Oxford University Press · 399 pages
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia edition · 1987 · Clarendon Press · 622 pages
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (the old Arcadia) edition · 1985 · Oxford University Press · 399 pages
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia edition · 1926 · University Press · 403 pages
Arcadia (1598) edition · 1900 · Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints · 576 pages

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