Download or read book The Fancies, Chaste and Noble written by John Ford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-11 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.