Category: Biographies
Creators of The Romantic Shelley--Clint's Fanciful Composition--The Poet's Personal Appearance--His Little Turn-up Nose--His Ancestral Quality--Sussexisms of his Speech and Poetry--His Phenomenal Untruthfulness--His Temperance and Intemperance--A Victim of Domestic Persecution...
Creators of The Romantic Shelley--Clint's Fanciful Composition--The Poet's Personal Appearance--His Little Turn-up Nose--His Ancestral Quality--Sussexisms of his Speech and Poet...
2. CHAPTER II. THE SHELLEYS OF SUSSEX 13Medwin's Blunders--Lady Shelley's Statement of the Case--The Michelgrove Shelleys--Sir William Shelley, Justice of The Common Pleas--The Castle Goring Shelleys--Their Pedigree a...
3. CHAPTER III. SHELLEY'S CHILDHOOD 27The Poet's Father--Shelley's Birth and Birth-Chamber--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Child-Shelley's Pleasant Fiction--His Aspect at Tender Age--His Description of his...
4. CHAPTER IV. THE BRENTFORD SCHOOLBOY 43Dr. Greenlaw's Character--Quality of his School--Medwin's Anecdotes to the Doctor's Discredit--Mr. Gellibrand's Recollections of the Brentford Shelley--The Bullies of the Brentf...
5. CHAPTER V. THE ETON SCHOOLBOY 69First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy-- Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children-- Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Ho...
6. CHAPTER VI. ZASTROZZI; A ROMANCE. BY P. B. S. 110Literary Ambition--Biographical Value of _Zastrozzi_--The Etonian Shelley's Disesteem of Marriage--Review of the Romance--Julia and Matilda--Conceits of the Romance reproduced i...
7. CHAPTER VII. BETWEEN ETON AND OXFORD 123Literary Interests and Enterprise--A.M. Oxon. Letter-- Shelley's Hunger for Publisher's Money--Winter 1809-10-- Nightmare--_The Wandering Jew_--Medwin in Lincoln's Inn Fields--T...
8. CHAPTER VIII. ST. IRVYNE; OR, THE ROSICRUCIAN: A ROMANCE. BY AVenal Villains--'Jock' instructed to 'Pouch' them--At Work on another Novel--The Dog of a Publisher--Devil of a Price--_St. Irvyne_--Irving's Hill--Review of _St. Irvyne_--Wolfs...
9. CHAPTER IX. MR. DENIS FLORENCE MACCARTHY _v._ THOMAS JEFFERSONShelley's Matriculation at Oxford--Hogg's Matriculation at Oxford--Hogg's First Arrival at Oxford--Lord Grenville's Election--Mr. Denis Florence MacCarthy's Blunders--Hogg's 'Ne...
10. CHAPTER X. AT OXFORD: MICHAELMAS TERM, 1810 179Hogg's Toryism--Shelley's Liberalism--In Hogg's Rooms-- Shelley's Looks and Voice--Patron and Idolater--The Ways of Passing Time--Hogg's Reminiscences--Nocturnal Readings and Co...
11. CHAPTER XI. THE CHRISTMAS VACATION OF 1810-11 210Presentation copies of _St. Irvyne_--Shelley resorts to Deception--Shelley in Disgrace at Field Place--Harriett Grove's Dismissal of her Suitor--The Squire's Anger--Mrs. Shelley...
12. CHAPTER XII. MR. MACCARTHY'S DISCOVERIES TOUCHING THE OXONIAN_A Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things_--Evidence that the Poem was Published--Reasons for Thinking it may never have been Published--Reasons for Thinking that, if th...
13. CHAPTER XIII. SHELLEY'S SECOND RESIDENCE-TERM AT OXFORD 251Harriett Westbrook--Her Character and Beauty--How Shelley came to care for her--Her Subscription for Janetta Phillips's Poems--Shelley's first Visit to Harriett's Home--His Inte...
14. CHAPTER XIV. THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1811 292Arrival in Town--The Poland-Street Exiles--The Squire's Correspondence with Hogg's Father--His gentle Treatment of Shelley--Dinner at Miller's Hotel--Hogg's Testimony to the Squ...
15. CHAPTER XV. MOTIVE AND INFLUENCES 330The fatal Marriage--Was Shelley trapt into it?--Mr. Garnett's Assurances--The Fiction about Claire--Lady Shelley's Use of Hogg's Evidences--The Prenuptial Intercourse--Was it sl...
16. CHAPTER XVI. EDINBURGH, YORK, AND KESWICK 338The Scotch Marriage--The Trio at Edinburgh--'Wha's the Deil?'--Posting from Edinburgh to York--Dingy Lodgings and Dingy Milliners--Shelley's run South--Did Harriett accompany hi...
17. CHAPTER XVII. GRETA BANK 380Shelley wishes for a Sussex Cottage--His Friends at Keswick-- Southey at Home--Poet and Schoolmaster--Southey's Way of handling Shelley--Shelley caught Napping--Mrs. Southey's T...
18. CHAPTER XVIII. SHELLEY'S QUARREL WITH HOGG 407Shelley's Suspicion of Hogg--His Conviction of Hogg's Guilt-- Did Hogg make the Attempt?--The Manipulated Letter--Hogg's Object in publishing it--His Purpose in altering it--The...
19. CHAPTER I.Creators of The Romantic Shelley--Clint's Fanciful Composition--The Poet's Personal Appearance--His Little Turn-up Nose--His Ancestral Quality--Sussexisms of his Speech and Poet...
20. CHAPTER II.Medwin's Blunders--Lady Shelley's Statement of The Case--The Michelgrove Shelleys--Sir William Shelley, Justice of The Common Pleas--The Castle Goring Shelleys--Their Pedigree a...
21. CHAPTER III.The Poet's Father--Shelley's Birth and Birth-Chamber--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Child-Shelley's Pleasant Fiction--His Aspect at Tender Age--His Description of his...
22. CHAPTER IV.Dr. Greenlaw's Character--Quality of his School--Medwin's Anecdotes to the Doctor's Discredit--Mr. Gellibrand's Recollections of the Brentford Shelley--The Bullies of the Brentf...
23. CHAPTER V.First year at Eton--Creation of the Castle-Goring Baronetcy--Sir Bysshe Shelley's Last Will--Timothy Shelley's Children--Miss Hellen Shelley's Recollections--The Etonian at Home...
24. CHAPTER VI.Literary Ambition--Biographical Value of _Zastrozzi_--The Etonian Shelley's Disesteem of Marriage--Review of the Romance--Julia and Matilda--Conceits of the Romance reproduced i...
25. CHAPTER VII.Literary Interests and Enterprise--A.M. Oxon. Letter--Shelley's Hunger for Publisher's Money--Winter 1809-10--Nightmare--_The Wandering Jew_--Medwin in Lincoln's Inn Fields--The...
26. CHAPTER VIII.Venal Villains--'Jock' instructed to 'Pouch' them--At Work on another Novel--The Dog of a Publisher--Devil of a Price--_St. Irvyne_--Irving's Hill--Review of _St. Irvyne_--Wolfs...
27. CHAPTER IX.'The soul of Verezzi was filled with irresistible disgust, as, recovering, he found himself in Matilda's arms. His whole frame trembled with chilly horror, and he could scarcely...
28. CHAPTER XII.After comparing these two scenes of two sleeping lovers, each, of whom reveals the heart's secret to an attentive watcher; after comparing the literary characteristics of the on...
29. CHAPTER IX.Shelley's Matriculation at Oxford--Hogg's Matriculation at Oxford--Hogg's First Arrival at Oxford--Lord Grenville's Election--Mr. Denis Florence MacCarthy's Blunders--Hogg's 'Ne...
30. CHAPTER X.Hogg's Toryism--Shelley's Liberalism--In Hogg's Rooms--Shelley's Looks and Voice--Patron and Idolater--The Ways of Passing Time--Hogg's Reminiscences--Nocturnal Readings and Con...
31. CHAPTER XI.Presentation copies of _St. Irvyne_--Shelley resorts to Deception--Shelley in Disgrace at Field Place--Harriett Grove's Dismissal of her Suitor--The Squire's Anger--Mrs. Shelley...
32. CHAPTER XII._A Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things_--Evidence that the Poem was Published--Reasons for Thinking it may never have been Published--Reasons for Thinking that, if th...
33. CHAPTER XIII.Harriett Westbrook--Her Character and Beauty--How Shelley came to care for her--Her Subscription for Janetta Phillips's Poems--Shelley's first Visit to Harriett's Home--His Inte...
34. CHAPTER XIV.Arrival in Town--The Poland-Street Exiles--The Squire's Correspondence with Hogg's Father--His gentle Treatment of Shelley--Dinner at Miller's Hotel--Hogg's Testimony to the Squ...
35. CHAPTER XV.The fatal Marriage--Was Shelley trapt into it?--Mr. Garnett's Assurances--The Fiction about Claire--Lady Shelley's Use of Hogg's Evidences--The Prenuptial Intercourse--Was it sl...
36. CHAPTER XVI.The Scotch Marriage--The Trio at Edinburgh--'Wha's the Deil?'--Posting from Edinburgh to York--Dingy Lodgings and Dingy Milliners--Shelley's run South--Did Harriett accompany hi...
37. CHAPTER XVII.Shelley wishes for a Sussex Cottage--His Friends at Keswick--Southey at Home--Poet and Schoolmaster--Southey's Way of handling Shelley--Shelley caught Napping--Mrs. Southey's Te...
38. CHAPTER XVIII.Shelley's Suspicion of Hogg--His Conviction of Hogg's Guilt--Did Hogg make the Attempt--The Manipulated Letter--Hogg's Object in publishing it--His Purpose in altering it--The G...