B
Bagni di Lucca, 78–79
Bath, England, 59, 60
Baths of Caracalla, 92–93, 158
Baxter, Christy, 20
Baxter, Isabella, 16, 36, 63, 129–30, 170
Baxter, Robert, 18, 20
Baxter, William, 15, 63
Bell, John, 94, 98
blasphemy, 159
books
children’s, 12–13
historical novels, 146
travel, 33, 70
Booth, David, 16, 129
Booth, Isabella Baxter, 129–30, 170
Booth, Margaret, 16, 129
Boscombe Manor, 169, 170, 171–72
Brontë sisters, 127
Brooks, Mel, 175
Burr, Aaron, 14
Byron, Lord (George Gordon), 43, 107, 130, 134
befriends Percy Shelley, 50–51
books about, 133–34
celebrity poet status, 41–42
changes daughter’s name, 74
“Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (poem), 42
death and burial, 131–32
joins Greek army, 120
learns of Claire’s pregnancy, 57
orders baptism of Allegra, 74
reputation, 46–48, 50–51
sends Allegra to convent, 106
takes custody of Allegra, 76–77
tires of Claire, 47–48, 50, 57
C
Calais, France, 28
Casa Bertini, 78
Castracani, Castruccio, 104
Chamonix, 51–52, 53
Chester Square, 164, 169
“Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (poem), 42
children
books written for, 12–13
custody laws, 57
death rates, 87–88
education for, 150
illegitimate, 57
orphans, 57
cholera, 148
Christchurch Priory, 171
Clairmont, Charles, 11, 50, 143
Clairmont, Jane (Claire), 47
becomes Lord Byron’s mistress, 46–48
changes name to Claire, 44
death, 171
gives birth to girl, 64
governess position, 102
inheritance, 163
moves to Vienna, 120
personality, 11, 38, 143
pregnancy, 57–58
reacts to Allegra’s death, 111
resents Mary Shelley, 168–69
returns to England, 46
reunites with Allegra, 85
scheme to kidnap Allegra, 106
travels with Mary and Percy, 27–44, 29, 36
Clairmont, Mary Jane. See Godwin, Mary Jane
Clerval, Henry, 81–82
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 10, 41, 43
Cologny, 50
Colonna, Vittoria, 150
convents, 106
Curran, Amelia, 10, 47, 93
Curran, John Philpot, 10
custody rights, 57
D
debt, legal repercussions of, 39
depression, 61
Dippel, Johann Konrad, 33
divorce, 37
Dods, Mary Diana, 127, 128, 139, 141, 149
Don Juan (boat), 112–14, 115
Douglas, Walter Sholto, 139, 141, 149
Dundee, 16–17, 17
Duvillard, Elise, 49–50, 77, 92
dysentery, 87
E
Edison, Thomas, 175, 175
education, for women, 150, 174
Edward IV, King of England, 144
Edward Slater’s Gentleman’s Academy, 141
Elba, 31
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (Godwin), 6–8, 18, 41
Este, 85–87, 104
Examiner (newspaper), 67, 118, 158
F
Falkner, 154–55, 174
Falkner, Rupert, 154
feminist writings, 4–5, 150
Field Place, 161–62, 163, 164, 165, 167
Fitzhenry, Ethel, 150
Florence, 98–100, 99
Foggi, Paolo, 87, 92
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, 144–46
France
Calais, 28
Chamonix, 51–52, 53
Elba, 31
Paris, 30, 141–43
post-war landscape, 31
traditional costumes, 29–30, 30
Frankenstein, 83
critics of, 79–80
final draft, 70
finds a publisher, 72
moral truth in, 79, 85
new edition of, 146
original idea for, 54–56
plot outline, 81–85
popularity of, 79, 121, 174
rough draft, 56
Frankenstein, Victor, 56, 81–85
Frankenstein Castle, 33
French Revolution, 3, 41
The Genius of Christianity Unveiled (Godwin), 153–54
G
Germany, 33
ghost stories, 38, 54, 123–24
Gisborne, John, 78
Gisborne, Maria, 126
Godwin, Mary Jane
attempts to bring Jane home, 28–29
attends Mary’s wedding, 62–63
death, 162
marries William Godwin, 9–10
sells husband’s books, 152–53
Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft. See Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Godwin, William, 9
atheist views, 8
attends Mary’s wedding, 62–63
bankruptcy, 133
befriends Percy Shelley, 18–19
death, 152
education of children, 12
financial relief, 151–52
financial worries, 39–40, 46, 72, 97, 119–20
friends of, 10–11
marries Mary Jane Clairmont, 9–10
marries Mary Wollstonecraft, 8
opposes Mary’s involvement with Percy, 24–27, 46
political views, 6–8
publishing endeavors, 12–13
writings of, 6–8, 18, 41, 152–54
Godwin, William, Jr., 11, 121, 148
Gordon, George. See Byron, Lord
governesses, 138
Guiccioli, Teresa, 106–7, 107
H
Hans Town, 40
Harrow, 147, 148
Henry VII, King of England, 145
historical novels, 146
History of a Six Weeks’ Tour through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, 70–72
Hogg, Thomas Jefferson, 141
affair with Jane Williams, 137
atheist views, 18
character and appearance, 42
criticizes Poetic Works, 159
first impressions of Mary Godwin, 21–22
friendship with Mary Shelley, 42
Holland, 33
“Home, Sweet Home” (song), 128
Hoppner, Richard, 77
Hôtel d’Angleterre, 49
Hunt, Leigh, 66
falls on hard times, 149
friendship with Percy Shelley, 65, 74
strong opinions, 67
takes Percy’s heart, 118
takes Percy’s jawbone, 116
Hunt, Marianne, 65, 66, 149
I
illegitimate children, 57
Imlay, Fanny
birth, 4
joins Shelley family, 8
letters to Mary and Percy, 56–57
suicide, 59–61
visits to Mary and Percy, 36
Imlay, Gilbert, 3–4
Indonesia, 53
Industrial Revolution, 135
inheritance rules, 123
Italy
Bagni di Lucca, 78–79
Este, 85–87, 104
Florence, 98–100, 99
Lake Como, 160, 161
Lerici, 110–11
Livorno, 78, 112
Milan, 75, 76
Naples, 90–92
Pisa, 77–78, 100, 102
Rome, 90, 91, 92–95
Venice, 88, 88
J
Journal of the Conservations of Lord Byron (Medwin), 133
Juvenile Library, 13
K
Karloff, Boris, 175, 176
Kentish Town, 132, 138, 140
King, Margaret, 100
L
La Belle Assemblée (magazine), 79
Lackington, Allen and Company, 72
Lake Como, 160, 161
Lake Geneva, 49, 52
Lamb, Charles, 10, 11, 13
The Last Man, 134–37, 136
laudanum, 25, 26, 59
Lawrence, William, 54
Leaning Tower of Pisa, 78
Lerici, 110–11
Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (Wollstonecraft), 33, 70
Livorno, 78, 112
Lodore, 150–51, 151, 174
Lyndsay, David, 127
M
malaria, 93–94, 131
Marlow, 68
Marquis de Lafayette, 142
Marshall, James, 10, 26
Mason, Margaret, 100, 103, 174
Mathilda, 97–98, 154, 174
Maurice, or the Fisher’s Cot, 100–101, 174
Medwin, Thomas, 103, 133, 164–65
Merriweather, Francis, 77
Milan, 75, 76
Miss Petman’s Academy, 15
M. J. Godwin and Company, 13, 121
Mont Blanc, 51–52, 53
“Mont Blanc” (poem), 157
Mont Tambora, 53, 55
Moore, Thomas, 133–34
Moritz, Justine, 82–84
Moxon, Edward, 155, 159
N
Naples, 90–92
nature, power of, 33, 45, 157
The Necessity of Atheism (Hogg), 18
Neville, Alithea, 154
Novello, Vincent, 127
“Ode to Naples” (poem), 124
O
orphans, 57
Oxford, 18, 45
P
Paris, 30, 141–43
passports, 139
Payne, John Howard, 128–29, 129, 139
Peacock, Thomas Love, 25, 38, 38, 45
Pisa, 77–78, 100, 102
poets, Romantic, 41
The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 155–59
Polidori, John, 50, 54
the Polygon, 6, 7
Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 124
“posts-obit” loans, 19
Presumption: or, the Fate of Frankenstein (play), 121, 122
Prince Regent of England, 67, 67
Prometheus, 82, 86
Prometheus Unbound (poem), 93, 157
Putney, 159–60
Q
Queen Mab (poem), 18–19
quicklime, 116
R
Raby, Elizabeth, 154
Renaissance period, 99
Reveley, Henry, 78
Reveley, Maria, 8, 78
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, 144
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (poem), 10–11
Roberts, Daniel, 112, 114
Robinson, Isabel, 137–39, 149
Robinson, Julia, 141, 143
Roland, Madame, 150
Romantic movement, 41
Romantic poets, 41
Rome, 90, 91, 92–95
Royal Thames Yacht Club, 166
S
Scotland, 16–17, 17, 20
Scott, Sir Walter, 79
Shelley, Bysshe, 39
Shelley, Charles
becomes father’s heir, 123
birth, 36
custody battle over, 62, 72–73
death, 137
Shelley, Clara, 72, 74–75, 86–87
Shelley, Elena Adelaide, 92
Shelley, Harriet
death, 61–62
elopes with Percy Shelley, 18, 19
gives birth to son, 36–37
learns of Percy’s affair, 26
physical appearance, 20
Shelley, Ianthe, 62, 72–73, 163
Shelley, Lady Jane, 166–67, 168, 169, 171
Shelley, Mary (works by). See also Frankenstein
Falkner, 154–55, 174
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, 144–46
History of a Six Weeks’ Tour through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland, 70–72
The Last Man, 134–37, 136
Lodore, 150–51, 151, 174
Mathilda, 97–98, 154, 174
Maurice, or the Fisher’s Cot, 100–101, 174
Valperga, 104, 121
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, x, 37, 101, 156
assumed wealth of, 164
becomes societal outcast, 36, 126
birth, 8
childhood years, 10–18
contracts smallpox, 141–42
courtship with Percy, 22–27
death and burial, 170
friendship with Jane Williams, 126–27, 132–33, 151
gives birth, 40, 46, 72, 98
grieves death of children, 89, 96–98
grieves death of Percy, 118
health issues, 15–18, 161, 169–70
intelligence, 11–12
legacy of, 173–77
lies spread about, 139–40, 151
London residences, 35, 40, 44, 132, 147, 159–60, 164, 169
marriage, 62
miscarriage, 111–12
money worries, 72, 119–20, 123, 137
at mother’s graveside, 3–5, 5
personality, 11, 118
physical appearance, 22
posthumous works, 174
runs away with Percy, 27–28
statue of, 171, 172
writes for London magazines, 123–24
writes for reference books, 149–50
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 23, 117
Alastor (poem), 44–45, 65
alpine-inspired poetry, 51–52
befriends Lord Byron, 50
befriends William Godwin, 18–19
buried with ashes of father’s heart, 172
courtship with Mary Wollstonecraft, 22–27
death and cremation, 116, 119
elopes with Harriet Westbrook, 18
fails to gain custody of children, 72–73
grieves son’s death, 97
heart taken from, 118
ill-fated sailing expedition, 112–14
imaginary illnesses, 73, 91
imaginary visions, 111
informal will written by, 58, 163
jawbone from, 116
marries Mary Godwin, 62
money worries, 19–20, 35, 38–39, 72
“Mont Blanc” (poem), 157
obituaries, 118–19
“Ode to Naples” (poem), 124
Oxford years, 18
physical appearance, 20
posthumous works, 124, 155–59
Prometheus Unbound (poem), 93, 157
Queen Mab (poem), 18–19
runs away with Mary, 27–28
sorrow-inspired poetry, 89
“The Triumph of Life” (poem), 125
“To William Shelley” (poem), 124
Shelley, Percy Florence, 166
acquires grandfather’s title, 165
allowance for, 137, 161
becomes father’s heir, 137
birth, 98–99
character, 143
education, 140–41, 147, 159
European travel, 160, 162
inherits grandfather’s estate, 163
lack of ambition, 165–66
love of boating, 147, 166, 171
marries Jane St. John, 167
promotes parents’ written works, 171
Shelley, Sir Timothy, 124
allowance for Percy Florence, 137, 161
allowance for Percy Shelley, 39, 56
allows Percy’s work to be pu
blished, 155
anger over Percy’s desertion of family, 56, 123
death, 163
disapproves of Percy’s marriage to Harriet, 19
loans money to Mary Shelley, 123
offers bribe to Mary Shelley, 120
offers bribe to Percy, 56
repays Percy’s debts, 39
threats made to Mary Shelley, 123, 125
Shelley, William
baptism, 74–75
birth, 46
death, 94
portrait of, 93, 94
Shields, Milly, 75, 87
smallpox, 141–42
Somers Town, 5, 6, 7, 170
Sompting, 138
Stacey, Sophia, 98, 99–100
Staël, Madame de, 150
St. John, Jane, 166–67, 168, 169, 171
St. Pancras churchyard, 3, 5, 152
suicide, 59–62
supernatural, 124
Switzerland, 31, 33, 49–51, 75
T
Temple of the Muses, 72, 73
“The Triumph of Life” (poem), 125
Tighe, George, 100
“To William Shelley” (poem), 124
travel books, 33, 70
Trelawny, Edward, 108
accuses Mary Shelley of cowardice, 144
book written by, 144
buries Percy Shelley’s ashes, 120
criticizes Poetic Works, 159
delivers news of Don Juan crew, 115–16
stories and adventures of, 108, 149
Trinity College, 159
tuberculosis, 137
typhus, 109
“Valerius, the Reanimated Roman” (story), 93
V
Valperga, 104, 121
Venice, 88, 88
Verney, Lionel, 135–36
Villa Capuccini, 87
Villa Diodati, 51
Villa Magni, 110
A Vindication of the Rights of Women (Wollstonecraft), 4–5
Vivian, Charles, 112, 114, 115
Viviani, Teresa Emilia, 108–9
W
Walton, Robert, 81
Warbeck, Perkin, 144–46, 145
Weekes, Henry, 171
Westbrook, Harriet. See Shelley, Harriet Wilder, Gene, 175