The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Maurice Evans, Philip Sidney

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Maurice Evans, Philip Sidney

880 pages first pub 1593 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
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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 retrea...

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