Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)
Sir Philip Sidney
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Astrophil and Stella is a sequence of sonnets and songs written by Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means "star-lover") for his beloved Stella (whose name means "star"). The first of the famous English sonnet sequences, Astrophel and Stella influenced later writers like Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare. In it, Sidney partially nativised the key features of his Italian model, Petrarch, which served to free the English sonnet from the strict rhyming requirements of the Italian form. - Summary by Alan Mapstone (3 hr 10 min)
Chapters
| Sonnet 1 | 1:53 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 2 | 1:23 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 3 | 1:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 4 | 1:24 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 5 | 1:24 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 6 | 1:44 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Sonnet 7 | 1:29 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Sonnet 8 | 1:49 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Sonnet 9 | 1:28 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Sonnet 10 | 1:32 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| Sonnet 11 | 1:09 | Read by KevinS |
| Sonnet 12 | 1:14 | Read by KevinS |
| Sonnet 13 | 1:13 | Read by KevinS |
| Sonnet 14 | 1:09 | Read by KevinS |
| Sonnet 15 | 1:11 | Read by KevinS |
| Sonnet 16 | 1:22 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Sonnet 17 | 1:21 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Sonnet 18 | 1:18 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Sonnet 19 | 1:19 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Sonnet 20 | 1:21 | Read by Algy Pug |
| Sonnet 21 | 1:40 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 22 | 1:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 23 | 1:30 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 24 | 1:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 25 | 1:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 26 | 1:31 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 27 | 1:30 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 28 | 1:27 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 29 | 1:32 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 30 | 1:26 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 31 | 1:31 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 32 | 1:25 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 33 | 1:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 34 | 1:26 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 35 | 1:23 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 36 | 1:34 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 37 | 1:31 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 38 | 1:33 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 39 | 1:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 40 | 1:33 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 41 | 1:28 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 42 | 1:27 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 43 | 1:09 | Read by jenno |
| Sonnet 44 | 1:09 | Read by jenno |
| Sonnet 45 | 1:04 | Read by jenno |
| Sonnet 46 | 1:28 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 47 | 1:15 | Read by J. Damain |
| Sonnet 48 | 1:12 | Read by J. Damain |
| Sonnet 49 | 1:07 | Read by J. Damain |
| Sonnet 50 | 1:08 | Read by J. Damain |
| Sonnet 51 | 1:22 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 52 | 1:26 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 53 | 1:36 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 54 | 1:25 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 55 | 1:27 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 56 | 0:57 | Read by MistyForest |
| Sonnet 57 | 1:32 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 58 | 1:29 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 59 | 1:16 | Read by cathar maiden |
| Sonnet 60 | 1:06 | Read by jenno |
| Sonnet 61 | 1:11 | Read by jenno |
| Sonnet 62 | 1:09 | Read by jenno |
| Sonnet 63 | 1:14 | Read by jenno |
| First Song | 3:14 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 64 | 1:18 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 65 | 1:18 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 66 | 1:12 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 67 | 1:13 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 68 | 1:11 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 69 | 1:19 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 70 | 1:14 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 71 | 1:14 | Read by ToddHW |
| Sonnet 72 | 1:20 | Read by ToddHW |
| Second Song | 2:03 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 73 | 1:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 74 | 1:17 | Read by Belisarius |
| Sonnet 75 | 1:36 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 76 | 1:46 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 77 | 1:51 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 78 | 1:29 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 79 | 1:35 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 80 | 1:41 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 81 | 1:35 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 82 | 1:10 | Read by Belisarius |
| Sonnet 83 | 1:10 | Read by Belisarius |
| Third Song | 2:07 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 84 | 1:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 85 | 1:30 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Fourth Song | 3:42 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 86 | 1:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Fifth Song | 8:44 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sixth Song | 2:56 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Seventh Song | 2:13 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Eighth Song | 5:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Ninth Song | 3:02 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 87 | 1:31 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 88 | 1:31 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 89 | 1:32 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 90 | 1:32 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 91 | 1:37 | Read by nighthawks |
| Sonnet 92 | 1:30 | Read by nighthawks |
| Tenth Song | 2:58 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 93 | 1:18 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Sonnet 94 | 1:12 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Sonnet 95 | 1:16 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Sonnet 96 | 1:16 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Sonnet 97 | 1:23 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 98 | 1:27 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 99 | 1:24 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 100 | 1:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 101 | 1:29 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 102 | 1:37 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 103 | 1:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 104 | 1:30 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Eleventh Song | 2:48 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Sonnet 105 | 1:12 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Sonnet 106 | 1:10 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Sonnet 107 | 1:10 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Sonnet 108 | 1:35 | Read by Alan Mapstone |