The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER VIII. ST. IRVYNE; OR, THE ROSICRUCIAN: A ROMANCE. BY A
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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_--Wolfstein the Magnanimous--Megalena de Metastasio--Olympia della Anzasca-- Eloise St. Irvyne--The Virtuous Fitzeustace--Ginotti's Doom-- The Oxonian Shelley's Repugnance to Marriage--His Commendation of Free Love--Parallel Passages of _Zastrozzi_ and _St. Irvyne_--The Verses of _St. Irvyne_.