The Faerie Queen is one of the best known epic poems in the English language. Written during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it is allegorical in nature, but from a child’s point of view is merely an exceptionally romantic collection of fairy stories and a very appropriate choice for a simplified adaptation. Queen Elizabeth is represented by the Faerie Queen, who rules over Fairy land (England). The stories of the brave knights and beautiful maidens that inhabit Fairy land are cleverly interlinked and often told from the viewpoints of various heroes.
You can read the HTML version of the book online here. It is also included in our British Middle Ages Classical Library collection.
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Mom Jones
December 27, 2011 at 8:49 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I really enjoyed this book. My nine-year-old loved it.