Tales from Spenser, Chosen from the Faerie Queene
by Edmund Spenser Sophia H. MacLehose
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This charming collection of tales from Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene has been carefully selected and edited for school use. With its accessible prose and helpful notes, it is an ideal introduction to this important work of literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyrigh...
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- TALES FROM SPENSER CHOSEN FROM THE FAERIE QUEENE
- PUBLISHED BY JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS, GLASGOW, Publishers to the University. MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON AND NEW YORK. London, Simpkin, Hamilton and Co. Cambridge, Macmillan and Bowes. Edinburgh, Douglas and Foulis. MDCCCXCII.
- TO MY NEPHEWS HAMISH AND CRAWFORD.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- TALES FROM SPENSER.
- Una and the Lion.
- Faerie Queene. Book I. Cantos I., III., VI.
- Prince Arthur helps Una to find the Red-cross Knight.
- Faerie Queene. Book I. Cantos VIII., X.
- How the Red-cross Knight slew the Dragon.
- Faerie Queene. Book I. Cantos XI., XII.
- Britomart and the Magic Mirror.
- Faerie Queene. Book III. Cantos II., III.
- Britomart and Amoret.
- Faerie Queene. Book III. Cantos XI., XII.
- The Story of Marinell and Florimell.
- Faerie Queene. Book III., Cantos IV., VII., VIII.; Book IV., Canto XII.; Book V., Canto III.
- Braggadochio.
- Faerie Queene. Book II., Canto III.; Book III., Canto VIII.; Book IV., Cantos IV., V.; Book V., Canto III.
- How Britomart found Artegal.
- Faerie Queene. Book IV. Cantos IV., V., VI.
- Cambello and Triamond.
- Faerie Queene. Book IV. Cantos II., III.
- The Story of Timias.
- Faerie Queene. Book III., Canto V.; Book IV., Cantos VII., VIII.; Book VI., Canto V.
- Calidore and Pastorella.
- Faerie Queene. Book VI. Cantos I., IX., X., XI., XII.
- THE END.
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