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The Fancies, Chaste and Noble [EPUB ebook]

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Published in 1985: The main plot portrays the bachelor Octavio, Marquis of Siena, and his establishment of his ‘Bower of Fancies, ‘ something like a Platonic academy for those he calls the ‘fancies’ — Clarella, Silvia, and Floria, three young women who are, or are said to be, ‘young, wise, noble, fair, and chaste.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 309 ● ISBN 9780429576546 ● Editor Dominic J. Hart ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2019 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6927725 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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