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Spenser's Faerie Queene, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s note
By Edmund Spenser
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A lengthy allegorical epic in Spenserian stanza unfolds through a sequence of chivalric episodes in which knights and maidens travel across enchanted realms, facing monsters, temptations, and deceptive enchantments that personify moral qualities. Each quest dramatizes a particular virtue and the trials that test it, combining courtly romance, classical allusion, and pastoral description. The diction favors archaisms and rich imagery, and the poem alternates narrative adventure with reflective digression and moral meditation.

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Title: Spenser's Faerie Queene, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Books I-III

Author: Edmund Spenser

Editor: J. C. Smith

Release date: May 7, 2023 [eBook #70717]
Most recently updated: August 15, 2025

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Clarendon Press, 1909

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Transcriber’s note

In the HTML version the stanza numbers (indicated by Roman numerals) are in the left margin. In the EPUB3, EPUB, and Kindle versions, they are located on the right side after the first line ends.