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Carbonari,
609
,
665
,
686

Carlile, Richard,
139
,
151
,
155
,
349
,
384
,
388
,
530 n.
,
541 n.
; 593,
611
; biographical details,
151 n.
; his publication of
Queen Mab
,
208–9
,
366
,
660
& n.; trial of,
370 n.
,
541
,
542
,
556–7
,
569
,
590 n.
; and Shelley’s open letter to
Examiner
on,
542
,
556–8
,
562
,
580

Carlyle, Thomas,
733

Carpenter, Edward,
633 n.

Carpenter & Son (publishers),
309

Cartwright, Major John,
52
,
165
& n.,
366
,
541

Casa Aulla,
see
Pisa

Casa Bertini,
see
Bagni di Lucca

Casa Frassi,
see
Pisa

Casa Galetti,
see
Pisa

Casa Magni,
see
Lerici

Casa Prinni,
see
Bagni di Pisa

Casa Ricci,
see
Livorno

Casa Silva,
see
Pisa

Casciano baths (near Pisa),
592
,
596

Cashman, execution of,
364
,
397

Castlereagh, Lord,
135
,
165
,
475
,
476–7
,
576

Catholic Committee, Shelley addresses Fishamble Street meeting of,
120
,
123
,
124–6
,
166

Catholic Emancipation,
106
,
120
,
646

Cato Street Conspiracy (1820),
138
,
385 n.
,
579–80
,
581
,
590

Catullus,
434

Cavalcanti, Guido, Shelley’s translation of sonnet,
308

Cenci, Beatrice, portrait of,
513
,
515
,
516–17
& n.,
525
,
526–7

Cenci, Count,
513
,
514
,
515

‘Cenci Manuscript’,
425–6
,
513

Chadwick, Sir Edwin,
586 n.

Chambéry,
415
,
416

Chambers, Sir Robert,
38

Chamonix, Shelley’s visit to (1816),
339–43

Champion
,
208
,
392

Chapel Street, London,
see
Westbrook

Charles III, Duke of Savoy,
335

Charlotte, Princess, death of,
384
,
385
,
387

Charters, Thomas (coachmaker),
213
,
219
,
265
,
284 n.

Chartism,
xii
,
208
,
209
,
385 n.
,
402
,
586
,
660

Chatterton, Thomas,
33
,
649
,
658

Chepstow,
145
,
148

Chernaik, Judith,
371 n.

Chesnut Cottage,
see
Keswick

Chesser, Dr Eustace,
33 n.

Chiappi, Signor G.B. del,
424
,
426

Chichester, Lord,
137
,
159

Childe Harold
, Byron,
311
,
316
,
324
,
334
,
337
,
338
,
344
,
345
,
346
,
402
,
403
,
442
,
448
,
542
,
703

Chillon,
334
,
335
,
336

‘Christabel’, S. T. Coleridge,
328–9
,
345
,
348

Church Terrace,
see
London

Cicero,
30
,
265
,
274
,
290
,
479

Cisma de Inglaterra
, Calderón,
560

Clairmont, Mrs,
see
Godwin, Mrs (2nd wife)

Clairmont, Charles (Claire’s brother),
170
,
251
,
277
,
281
,
285
,
702
; joins boating expedition on Thames,
291–4
; sent £10 by Shelley,
343
; visits Livorno,
527
,
538
; and moves with Shelleys to Florence,
541–2
; leaves Florence,
561
; letter from Vienna to Claire,
609
; and Claire joins him in Vienna,
731

Clairmont, Claire (originally: Jane),
227
,
170
,
312
,
574
,
646
,
659
,
663
; her relationship with Mary Shelley,
171
,
241
,
242
,
258
,
277
,
278
,
369
,
377
; triangular friendship with Shelley and Mary,
230
,
232
,
233
& n.; and Shelley elopes with Mary,
234
,
235
; mother follows them to Calais,
235–6
; and their stay in Paris,
236–7
; and journey through France to Lake Lucerne,
237–43
; character and appearance,
241–2
,
320
; relationship with Shelley,
241
,
242
,
247–8
,
263–5
,
268
,
275
,
276
,
277
; returns to London,
247–9
,
250
,
251
; moves to St Pancras,
254
; horror session with Shelley,
257–61
,
275
; her concept of subterranean community of women,
258
& n.; quarrels with Shelley,
263
; Shelley hides from bailiffs with,
265–8
; moves to Nelson Square,
269
; establishes her independence from her family,
269–70
; and changes her name to Claire,
270
; Shelley’s attempt at ‘shared household’,
277–9
; moves to Pimlico,
280–1
; and Mary wants her to leave,
281
; her departure for Lynmouth,
282–3
,
285
; in Ireland with brother Charles,
287
; and Charles’s letter about boating expedition to,
291
; Shelley’s financial support of,
307
; her judgement of
Alastor
,
308 n.
; and her campaign to gain friendship of Byron,
316–17
; and Byron’s love poem to,
317–18
; becomes Byron’s mistress,
319–20
; goes to Geneva with Shelleys,
321–4
; her relationship with Byron,
322
,
325
,
327
,
334
,
338
,
343
,
344
,
371
,
599
,
612–13
,
654–5
; Byron’s arrival in Geneva,
324–5
; introduces Shelley to Byron,
325
; and friendship between Shelleys and Byron,
325–29
,
337
; her pregnancy,
327
,
343
,
348
; visits Chamonix valley,
339–43
; Byron agrees to look after her child,
343
; and Shelley’s offer to support her,
343
; her pain on departure from Geneva,
345
; life in Bath with Shelleys,
346
,
347–8
,
350
; and Shelley’s Will,
346 n.
; Fanny’s suicide,
347
,
354
,
356
; and Shelley’s marriage to Mary,
353
,
355
; birth of her daughter Allegra,
356
; at Albion House, Marlow with Shelleys,
367
,
368–9
,
380
,
383
,
389
,
407
; her musical gift,
369
,
371–2
,
408
; absorbed by her baby,
371
; stays with Hunts in London,
377
; joins Shelley at Mabledon Place in London,
383
; her ambiguous position in Shelley household,
405–6
; moves with Shelleys to Great Russell Street,
408
,
410
; Alba baptized ‘Clara Allegra’,
412
; departure for Italy,
412–13
; and Elise,
415
,
416
; her notes on ballet in Milan,
416
; and pistol incident,
418
; Byron’s refusal to see her,
418
,
420
; and Shelley-Byron correspondence about Allegra,
418–20
; and Allegra taken to Venice,
421–2
; goes to Livorno,
422
; and friendship with Gisbornes,
423
,
426
; at Casa Bertini in Bagni di Lucca,
426
,
428
; travels to Venice with Shelley,
439–41
; and her presence concealed from Byron,
441
,
442
; stays at Villa Capuccini in Este,
442–3
,
444
,
445
,
447
,
449
; journey south,
458–60
; and arrival in Naples,
462
; Elena affair and,
465
,
467–71
,
473
,
481–4
; leaves Naples,
479–80
; in Rome,
485–7
,
509
; begins new diary,
485
; Aemilia Curran paints her portrait,
511
; moves to Via Sestina,
511
,
512
; her letter to Byron,
513–14
; death of William,
518
; and unhappy summer at Monte Nero,
519–20
,
522
; refuses Henry Reveley’s offer of marriage,
527
; takes singing lessons,
527
,
561
,
571
; and brother Charles’s visit,
527
; moves to Florence,
541–2
,
551
; friendship with Sophia Stacey,
65
; and visits Uffizi,
565
; her life and reading in Jan. 1820,
571–2
; moves to Pisa,
573
; and friendship with Masons,
576–7
; and Vaccà’s diagnosis,
577
; and the Pisan Carnival,
577
; records discussions with Masons,
577
; brush with Colonel Finch,
579
; Paolo’s blackmail of Shelley and,
596
& n.,
600
; moves to Casa Ricci, Livorno,
596–7
; deteriorating relationship between Mary and,
598
; and her anxiety over Allegra,
598–9
; plans for her to leave Shelley household,
600–1
; in Bagni di Pisa,
603
,
604
; goes on vacation to Livorno,
608
,
609
; returns to Casa Silva in Pisa,
612
; and Shelley-Byron correspondence about Allegra,
612–13
; stays with Bojti family in Florence,
615–16
; Shelley’s letters to,
618–19
,
621
,
628–9
,
640–1
,
652
,
654–5
,
656
,
661
,
690–1
,
717
; returns temporarily to Pisa,
621–2
; her cartoon captions,
621
; Medwin’s favourable impression of,
622
; meets Pacchiani,
623
; and Emilia Viviani,
624–5
,
627
; and experiments in mesmerism,
626
; returns to Florence,
628
; and ill with scrofulous gland,
628
; school plan for,
629
,
649
,
654
; her attitude to Shelley’s relationship with Emilia,
631
; referred to in
Epipsychidion
,
632
,
636–7
; her depression in Florence,
649
,
654
; uses Allegra to put pressure on Byron and Shelleys,
654–5
; spends summer in Livorno,
662
; Shelley visits her
en route
for Ravenna,
663–4
; and Elena affair,
666–9
; stays with Shelleys at San Giuliano,
673
; learns of Byron’s move to Pisa,
673
; visits Spezia with Shelleys,
677
; upset that Byron not bringing Allegra with him,
677
; returns to San Giuliano with Shelley,
677–8
; returns to Florence,
683
; and Byron’s arrival in Pisa,
685
; translates Part I of
Faust
,
694
; meets Elise again,
701–2
; Byron refuses to let her see Allegra,
702–3
; and her plan to kidnap Allegra,
708–10
; moves back to Pisa with Williams,
710
; death of Allegra and move to Lerici,
712–13
,
715
; leaves for Florence,
726
; and returns to Casa Magni,
724
; and Mary’s miscarriage,
724
,
725
; her activities after Shelley’s death,
730
,
731
,
733
; and last years and death in Florence,
733

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