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Mary Shelley - Letter to Percy Bysshe Shelley (Audio)

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letter-to-shelley

Title

Mary Shelley - Letter to Percy Bysshe Shelley (Audio)

Description

"Shelley was now financially responsible for Mary and Claire as well as Harriet, who was heavily pregnant with their second child. Godwin refused to see him, but drew on his resources. Mary wrote this impassioned letter to Shelley when he was in hiding from his numerous creditors. They could meet only on Sundays, when it was illegal to make arrests for debt."

Creator

Date

c. 1815

Source

Mary Shelley - Letter to Percy Bysshe Shelley (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/) by Nouran Koriem, licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (2.0 UK).

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Citation

Shelley, Mary, “Mary Shelley - Letter to Percy Bysshe Shelley (Audio),” UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, accessed August 11, 2025, http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/items/show/14841.

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