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Faerie Queene Version 2

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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)

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Chapters

Chapter 1
Faerie Queene Front Matter
35:56
Chapter 2
Faerie Queene I.i
29:45
Chapter 3
Faerie Queene I.ii
22:00
Chapter 4
Faerie Queene I.iii
21:49
Chapter 5
Faerie Queene I.iv
27:14
Chapter 6
Faerie Queene I.v
25:22
Chapter 7
Faerie Queene I.vi
22:50
Chapter 8
Faerie Queene I.vii
25:01
Chapter 9
Faerie Queene I.viii
25:41
Chapter 10
Faerie Queene I.ix
28:39
Chapter 11
Faerie Queene I.x
31:27
Chapter 12
Faerie Queene I.xi
26:42
Chapter 13
Faerie Queene I.xii
20:32
Chapter 14
Faerie Queene II.i
33:18
Chapter 15
Faerie Queene II.ii
21:18
Chapter 16
Faerie Queene II.iii
22:42
Chapter 17
Faerie Queene II.iv
22:42
Chapter 18
Faerie Queene II.v
19:34
Chapter 19
Faerie Queene II.vi
25:32
Chapter 20
Faerie Queene II.vii
32:10
Chapter 21
Faerie Queene II.viii
27:29
Chapter 22
Faerie Queene II.ix
28:28
Chapter 23
Faerie Queene II.x
37:13
Chapter 24
Faerie Queene II.xi
23:30
Chapter 25
Faerie Queene II.xii
41:58
Chapter 26
Faerie Queene III.i
32:40
Chapter 27
Faerie Queene III.ii
24:50
Chapter 28
Faerie Queene III.iii
30:32
Chapter 29
Faerie Queene III.iv
30:25
Chapter 30
Faerie Queene III.v
25:39
Chapter 31
Faerie Queene III.vi
25:11
Chapter 32
Faerie Queene III.vii
29:30
Chapter 33
Faerie Queene III.viii
26:02
Chapter 34
Faerie Queene III.ix
25:27
Chapter 35
Faerie Queene III.x
30:29
Chapter 36
Faerie Queene III.xi
27:56
Chapter 37
Faerie Queene III.xii
26:31
Chapter 38
Faerie Queene IV.i
31:20
Chapter 39
Faerie Queene IV.ii
28:40
Chapter 40
Faerie Queene IV.iii
26:51
Chapter 41
Faerie Queene IV.iv
23:05
Chapter 42
Faerie Queene IV.v
23:16
Chapter 43
Faerie Queene IV.vi
22:48
Chapter 44
Faerie Queene IV.vii
23:39
Chapter 45
Faerie Queene IV.viii
31:41
Chapter 46
Faerie Queene IV.ix
19:47
Chapter 47
Faerie Queene IV.x
29:59
Chapter 48
Faerie Queene IV.xi
28:06
Chapter 49
Faerie Queene IV.xii
17:51
Chapter 50
Faerie Queene V.i
20:36
Chapter 51
Faerie Queene V.ii
27:16
Chapter 52
Faerie Queene V.iii
19:42
Chapter 53
Faerie Queene V.iv
24:35
Chapter 54
Faerie Queene V.v
29:05
Chapter 55
Faerie Queene V.vi
19:44
Chapter 56
Faerie Queene V.vii
21:33
Chapter 57
Faerie Queene V.viii
23:56
Chapter 58
Faerie Queene V.ix
25:59
Chapter 59
Faerie Queene V.x
18:46
Chapter 60
Faerie Queene V.xi
30:48
Chapter 61
Faerie Queene V.xii
21:13
Chapter 62
Faerie Queene VI.i
25:56
Chapter 63
Faerie Queene VI.iii
22:30
Chapter 64
Faerie Queene VI.iii
23:26
Chapter 65
Faerie Queene VI.iv
19:01
Chapter 66
Faerie Queene VI.v
19:33
Chapter 67
Faerie Queene VI.vi
21:22
Chapter 68
Faerie Queene VI.vii
23:59
Chapter 69
Faerie Queene VI.viii
23:25
Chapter 70
Faerie Queene VI.ix
22:17
Chapter 71
Faerie Queene VI.x
21:19
Chapter 72
Faerie Queene VI.xi
24:57
Chapter 73
Faerie Queene VI.xii
20:09
Chapter 74
Faerie Queene VII.vi
27:18
Chapter 75
Faerie Queene VII.vii-viii
31:27

Faerie Queene Version 2

Chapters

Faerie Queene Front Matter

Faerie Queene I.i

Faerie Queene I.ii

Faerie Queene I.iii

Faerie Queene I.iv

Faerie Queene I.v

Faerie Queene I.vi

Faerie Queene I.vii

Faerie Queene I.viii

Faerie Queene I.ix

Faerie Queene I.x

Faerie Queene I.xi

Faerie Queene I.xii

Faerie Queene II.i

Faerie Queene II.ii

Faerie Queene II.iii

Faerie Queene II.iv

Faerie Queene II.v

Faerie Queene II.vi

Faerie Queene II.vii

Faerie Queene II.viii

Faerie Queene II.ix

Faerie Queene II.x

Faerie Queene II.xi

Faerie Queene II.xii

Faerie Queene III.i

Faerie Queene III.ii

Faerie Queene III.iii

Faerie Queene III.iv

Faerie Queene III.v

Faerie Queene III.vi

Faerie Queene III.vii

Faerie Queene III.viii

Faerie Queene III.ix

Faerie Queene III.x

Faerie Queene III.xi

Faerie Queene III.xii

Faerie Queene IV.i

Faerie Queene IV.ii

Faerie Queene IV.iii

Faerie Queene IV.iv

Faerie Queene IV.v

Faerie Queene IV.vi

Faerie Queene IV.vii

Faerie Queene IV.viii

Faerie Queene IV.ix

Faerie Queene IV.x

Faerie Queene IV.xi

Faerie Queene IV.xii

Faerie Queene V.i

Faerie Queene V.ii

Faerie Queene V.iii

Faerie Queene V.iv

Faerie Queene V.v

Faerie Queene V.vi

Faerie Queene V.vii

Faerie Queene V.viii

Faerie Queene V.ix

Faerie Queene V.x

Faerie Queene V.xi

Faerie Queene V.xii

Faerie Queene VI.i

Faerie Queene VI.iii

Faerie Queene VI.iii

Faerie Queene VI.iv

Faerie Queene VI.v

Faerie Queene VI.vi

Faerie Queene VI.vii

Faerie Queene VI.viii

Faerie Queene VI.ix

Faerie Queene VI.x

Faerie Queene VI.xi

Faerie Queene VI.xii

Faerie Queene VII.vi

Faerie Queene VII.vii-viii