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Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys, 1798-1879 Robert Gittings

Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys, 1798-1879 By Robert Gittings

Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys, 1798-1879 by Robert Gittings

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Claire Clairmont, the step-sister of Mary Shelley, has until now generally been treated as a secondary character in the great dramas of Shelley and Byron. This is the first full account of a long and adventurous life, correcting many misconceptions about her role in the Shelley circle.

Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys, 1798-1879 Summary

Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys, 1798-1879 by Robert Gittings

A biography of Claire Clairmont, stepsister of Mary Shelley and mother of Byron's illegitimate daughter Allegra, by the late Robert Gittings and Jo Manton. Drawing on her letters and journals, it portrays a woman of talent and resilience making her way in 19th-century Europe.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Claire and the Shelleys (1798-1822): Jane among the Godwins (1798-1814); Claire and Byron (1814-1816); Allegra (1817-1818); "no permanent township" (1818-1820); the fiery comet (1820-1822); deaths by land and sea (1822). Part 2 Travels of Claire (1822-1841): to the North (1822-1823); summer in the country (1823-1825); hard winters in Moscow (1825-1827); reunion in London (1828-1829); return to Italy (1829-1832); governess in Tuscany (1832-1836); "a galley life" (1836-1841). Part 3 Claire's independence (1842-1879): in Paris (1842-1844); inheritance (1844-1846); conflict at Field Place (1847-1850); the Shelleys and the Clairmonts (1850-1868); new generations (1868-1872); the Shelley papers (1872-1879).

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GOR002397613
9780198185949
0198185944
Claire Clairmont and the Shelleys, 1798-1879 by Robert Gittings
Robert Gittings
Used - Good
Hardback
Oxford University Press
1992-04-01
292
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