Faerie Queene Version 2
Edmund Spenser
Play
Length 31 h 55 min
Chapters 74
First published 1596
Spenser planned a 24-book romance-epic consisting of two parts, of which he completed half of the first. The first twelve books were to illustrate the development of virtues within the individual soul, and the second twelve were to depict the application of these moral virtues to remedying evils that afflict the world. Each of the first set of quests was to begin at the court of the Fairy Queen, Gloriana, and the knights were to return thither after having defeated some foe representing a personal weakness. Having thus proved themselves, they were qualified to undertake the second quests, in the world. The neat plan becomes somewhat muddled by Book 3, which nevertheless contains the philosophical core of the poem's allegorical structure: the Platonic notion that love (grace) unifies the cosmos and draws the will, through the pursuit of beauty, into virtuous action, returning to God at last in worship. The plot structure of the poem is rich and complex, with many strands interlinked and overlapping, each replete with allegorical significance. (Summary by Thomas Copeland)
Chapters
1
Faerie Queene Front Matter Read by Thomas A. Copeland 35:56
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Faerie Queene I.ii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 22:00
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Faerie Queene I.iii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 21:49
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Faerie Queene I.iv Read by Thomas A. Copeland 27:14
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Faerie Queene I.v Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:22
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Faerie Queene I.vi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 22:50
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Faerie Queene I.vii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:01
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Faerie Queene I.viii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:41
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Faerie Queene I.ix Read by Thomas A. Copeland 28:39
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Faerie Queene I.x Read by Thomas A. Copeland 31:27
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Faerie Queene I.xi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 26:42
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Faerie Queene I.xii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 20:32
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Faerie Queene II.i Read by Thomas A. Copeland 33:18
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Faerie Queene II.ii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 21:18
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Faerie Queene II.iii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 22:42
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Faerie Queene II.iv Read by Thomas A. Copeland 22:42
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Faerie Queene II.v Read by Thomas A. Copeland 19:34
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Faerie Queene II.vi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:32
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Faerie Queene II.vii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 32:10
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Faerie Queene II.viii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 27:29
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Faerie Queene II.ix Read by Thomas A. Copeland 28:28
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Faerie Queene II.x Read by Thomas A. Copeland 37:13
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Faerie Queene II.xi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:30
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Faerie Queene II.xii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 41:58
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Faerie Queene III.i Read by Thomas A. Copeland 32:40
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Faerie Queene III.ii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 24:50
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Faerie Queene III.iii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 30:32
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Faerie Queene III.iv Read by Thomas A. Copeland 30:25
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Faerie Queene III.v Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:39
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Faerie Queene III.vi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:11
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Faerie Queene III.vii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 29:30
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Faerie Queene III.viii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 26:02
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Faerie Queene III.ix Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:27
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Faerie Queene III.x Read by Thomas A. Copeland 30:29
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Faerie Queene III.xi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 27:56
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Faerie Queene III.xii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 26:31
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Faerie Queene IV.i Read by Thomas A. Copeland 31:20
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Faerie Queene IV.ii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 28:40
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Faerie Queene IV.iii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 26:51
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Faerie Queene IV.iv Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:05
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Faerie Queene IV.v Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:16
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Faerie Queene IV.vi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 22:48
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Faerie Queene IV.vii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:39
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Faerie Queene IV.viii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 31:41
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Faerie Queene IV.ix Read by Thomas A. Copeland 19:47
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Faerie Queene IV.x Read by Thomas A. Copeland 29:59
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Faerie Queene IV.xi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 28:06
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Faerie Queene IV.xii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 17:51
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Faerie Queene V.i Read by Thomas A. Copeland 20:36
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Faerie Queene V.ii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 27:16
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Faerie Queene V.iii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 19:42
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Faerie Queene V.iv Read by Thomas A. Copeland 24:35
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Faerie Queene V.v Read by Thomas A. Copeland 29:05
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Faerie Queene V.vi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 19:44
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Faerie Queene V.vii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 21:33
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Faerie Queene V.viii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:56
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Faerie Queene V.ix Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:59
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Faerie Queene V.x Read by Thomas A. Copeland 18:46
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Faerie Queene V.xi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 30:48
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Faerie Queene V.xii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 21:13
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Faerie Queene VI.i Read by Thomas A. Copeland 25:56
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Faerie Queene VI.iii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 22:30
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Faerie Queene VI.iii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:26
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Faerie Queene VI.iv Read by Thomas A. Copeland 19:01
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Faerie Queene VI.v Read by Thomas A. Copeland 19:33
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Faerie Queene VI.vi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 21:22
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Faerie Queene VI.vii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:59
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Faerie Queene VI.viii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 23:25
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Faerie Queene VI.ix Read by Thomas A. Copeland 22:17
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Faerie Queene VI.x Read by Thomas A. Copeland 21:19
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Faerie Queene VI.xi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 24:57
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Faerie Queene VI.xii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 20:09
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Faerie Queene VII.vi Read by Thomas A. Copeland 27:18
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Faerie Queene VII.vii-viii Read by Thomas A. Copeland 31:27
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