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Authors: Richard Holmes

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Shelley, Lady Elizabeth (
née
Pilfold: mother),
1
,
10–11
,
57
,
71
,
213
,
229
; appearance,
11
; and relations with Shelley,
11
,
14
; anxiety over Shelley’s atheistic views,
47
; accused of adultery by Shelley,
88
& n.

Shelley, Elizabeth (sister),
17
,
57
,
62
,
64
,
66
,
67
,
68
,
93
,
632
; Shelley’s story-telling in childhood to,
1
,
2–3
; and relationship with Shelley,
11 n.
,
12
,
23
,
31
,
45–6
; Harriet Grove and,
29
; and Edward Graham,
33
,
88 n.
; collaborates with Shelley in poetry writing,
31
,
33
; Hogg’s correspondence with,
44
,
45–6
,
148
; takes father’s side in quarrel with Shelley,
62
; Hogg’s desire for illicit union with,
70
; Grove’s offer of marriage refused by,
77

Shelley, Harriet (
née
Westbrook: 1st wife),
xi
,
40
,
70
,
75
,
76
,
99
,
105
,
141
,
185
,
258
,
378
,
442
,
626
,
632
,
635
,
671
; appearance,
66
,
68
; and character,
66
,
67–8
,
69
,
114
; friendship with Shelley,
66–9
; her thoughts of suicide,
68
,
77
; and dependence on Eliza,
68
,
69
,
89–90
,
93
; marries Shelley in Edinburgh,
77–80
,
81
; moves to York,
82
,
83
; Shelley’s relationship with,
85
,
93
,
115
,
213
,
216
,
218–19
,
223
,
228
,
233–4
,
253–7
; remains alone with Hogg in absence of Shelley,
87
; and Eliza comes to York,
87
,
89–90
; Hogg’s flirtation with,
90–1
; and moves to Keswick,
91
,
94
; visits Duke of Norfolk,
95
; frightened by Shelley’s ghostly talk,
111
,
113
,
114
; and attack on Chesnut Cottage by ruffians,
112
,
114
; false alarm over pregnancy,
114–15
; in Dublin,
117
,
119–20
,
124
; friendship and correspondence with Catherine Nugent,
129
& n.,
133
,
147
,
148
,
183
,
184
,
200–1
,
216
,
219
,
222
,
238
,
239
,
251
,
273–4
,
279
; and correspondence with Miss Hitchener,
129
,
136
; leaves Dublin,
131–2
; and goes to Wales,
133–4
; falls ill with fever,
136
,
141
; investigation of her open letter on Irish discontent,
136–8
; moves from Nantgwillt to Grove’s house,
143
; and to Lynmouth,
145–7
; and Elizabeth Hitchener joins them,
148
; distributes propaganda,
148–50
; hurried departure from Lynmouth,
161–2
; in Tan-yr-allt,
164
; first meeting and friendship with Godwins,
167–70
,
171
; friction between Miss Hitchener and,
171
; dinner with Hogg,
173
; and Miss Hitchener leaves for Hurstpierpoint,
175
; returns to Tremadoc,
176–7
; disenchantment with Embankment project,
183
; her pregnancy,
183
,
197
,
200
,
211
,
212
,
213
,
214–15
; and shooting incident at Tan-yr-allt,
187
,
188
,
189
; and letter to Hookham (‘Harriet’s Account’),
190–4
,
196–7
; back to Ireland,
189
,
197
; and return to London (1813),
199–200
;
Queen Mab
dedicated to,
200
,
661
; her hopes of reconciliation between Shelley and his father,
211–13
; relationship in London between Hogg and,
214
; birth of daughter Eliza Ianthe,
215–16
, disappointed at loss of inheritance,
216–17
,
218–19
,
222
; and friendship with Peacock at Bracknell,
217
,
222
; moves to Edinburgh,
219–20
; returns to Bracknell and Shelley goes to London,
221–2
; deteriorating relations between Shelley and,
223
,
224
; joins Shelley at Windsor,
224
; and separated from Shelley,
224
,
226–7
,
228
,
229–30
; 2nd marriage ceremony,
226
; and takes holiday with Eliza in West Country,
226
; and her second pregnancy,
226 n.
,
234
,
253
,
255
,
257
,
270
; Shelley tells her of his love for Mary Godwin,
233–4
; invited to Switzerland by Shelley,
238
,
239
; and moves back to father’s house,
238
; Shelley seeks friendly reconciliation,
250–3
; and final collapse of their relationship,
253–6
; Shelley writes and asks for money from,
267
,
273
; birth of son Charles (1814),
273
; and last brief visit of Shelley,
273–4
; seeks legal settlement from Shelley,
277
,
281
,
282
; her suicidal depression,
279
; threatens to prosecute Shelley for atheism,
282
; Shelley pays £200 p.a. allowance to,
285
; and refuses to increase annuity,
307
; prevents her son Charles from appearing in court,
314–15
; not informed of Shelley’s departure for Geneva,
321
; Shelley’s Will and,
346 n.
; commits suicide (1816),
352–9
,
608

Shelley, Hellen (sister),
12
,
22
,
23
,
29
,
66
,
67
,
255
; on Shelley’s story-telling,
2–3
; and scientific experiments,
17
; Shelley’s secret letters to,
110–11
; and his plan to kidnap her,
111
,
255

Shelley, Lady Jane (daughter-in-law),
21 n.
,
258 n.
,
293 n.
; control of Shelley papers by,
xi
,
353
& n.,
356
,
732
,
757

Shelley, John (great-great-grandfather),
9

Shelley, John (brother),
11
,
23
,
283

Shelley, Margaret (sister),
3
,
12
,
23
,
24
,
29

Shelley, Mary (sister),
2
,
12
,
111
,
255

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (
née
Godwin: 2nd wife),
6
,
28
,
124 n.
,
169
,
226
,
229
,
296
,
356
,
571
; prevented from writing biography of Shelley,
x
,
xi
; her views on Shelley’s childhood,
20–2
; her childhood,
170
; and relationship with father,
170
,
230
,
232
,
312
; appearance,
230
,
409–10
,
447
; meets and falls in love with Shelley,
230–2
; and father’s opposition,
232–4
; elopes with Shelley and Claire,
234
,
235
; followed by mother to Calais,
235–6
; and journey through France to Switzerland,
235–43
; her relationship with Claire Clairmont,
241–2
,
258
,
269
,
277
,
278
,
281
,
287
,
369
,
377
; returns to London,
247–9
,
250
; Harriet and,
251
,
252
,
253
,
254
,
274
; her pregnancy,
253
,
257
,
260
& n.,
270
,
273
,
277
,
278
,
279
; at Church Terrace, Kentish Town,
254
,
257
,
258
,
259
,
263
,
264
,
265
,
267
; Shelley’s relations with,
256–7
,
264
,
268–9
,
278
,
286–7
,
288
,
297
,
305
,
377
,
378–9
,
447
,
464
,
469
,
520
,
522
,
526
,
538–9
,
556
,
562
; her attitude to Shelley’s ‘horror sessions’,
260–1
,
275
; Shelley hides from bailiffs,
265–6
; and strain of separation,
266–8
; moves to Nelson Square,
269
; and her illness,
271
; Hogg becomes regular visitor,
271
,
273
; her nicknames,
275
; friendship between Hogg and,
275
,
276
,
278–9
,
281
,
282
; and love-notes to Hogg from,
277
; Shelley’s attempt at ‘shared household’,
277–9
; birth of daughter,
280
; moves to Pimlico,
280–1
; and death of baby,
281
; goes on holiday with Shelley to Berkshire,
281–2
; moves to Marchmont Street,
282
; and departure of Jane,
282–3
; Shelley gives her draft of £300,
285
; and takes her to Torquay,
285
; and leaves her alone to go house-hunting,
286–7
; joins Shelley at Bishopsgate,
290
; and boating expedition,
291–4
; becomes pregnant again,
297
; Essay ‘On Love’ addressed to,
299
; editing of ‘Alastor’ by,
305
,
306
; birth of son William,
310–11
,
313
; hostility between Mrs Godwin and,
312
; joins Shelley in London,
319
; meets Byron,
319
; goes to Geneva with Shelley and Claire,
321–4
; and friendship with Byron,
325–9
,
337
; her nightmare,
330–1
; and begins writing
Frankenstein
,
331–4
,
344
; visits Chamonix valley,
339–43
; Claire’s pregnancy and,
343
; celebrates Shelley’s 24th birthday,
344
; returns to England,
345–6
; and life in Bath,
346
,
347–8
,
350
,
351
; as beneficiary of Shelley’s Will,
346 n.
; Fanny’s suicide and,
347
,
358
; and Harriet’s suicide,
352
,
353
,
354
,
355
; and marriage to Shelley,
352–3
,
355
,
356
; stays with Hunts in Hampstead,
359
,
362
; and with Peacock in Marlow,
363–4
; at Albion House,
367–83
,
388
,
405
; revises
Frankenstein
,
369
; and delivers it to Murray’s,
371
; Polly Rose’s visits to Albion House,
373–4
; her pregnancy,
376
;
Frankenstein
accepted by Lackington,
376
; birth of daughter Clara,
376
,
377
; her nervous worry at Shelley’s long absence in London,
377
; and nagging,
378–9
; joins Shelley in London for 2 weeks,
383
,
385
;
Frankenstein
, published,
389
,
409
,
429
; leaves Marlow for London,
407–8
; and round of social pleasures,
409–10
; William and Clara christened,
412
; departure for Italy,
412–13
;
Italy
(
1818–22
): in Milan,
417
; and pistol incident at Lake Como,
417–18
,
472
; her decision to send Elise with Allegra to Venice,
421–2
,
472
,
481
; journey to Livorno,
422–3
; and friendship with Gisbornes,
423–4
,
426
,
427
; copies out ‘Cenci Manuscript’,
425–6
; at Casa Bertini in Bagni di Lucca,
426–30
,
431
; Shelley’s translation of Plato and,
430
,
431
,
432
; and Platonic love,
431 n.
,
435
; Shelley goes to Venice with Claire,
439
,
440
,
441
; and invited by Byron to stay at Este,
442–3
; and illness and death of Clara,
443
,
444–7
; and her despair,
447
; and distractions in Venice,
447–8
; journeys south,
458–60
; and arrival in Naples,
462
; discourages romance between Elise and Paolo,
462
; and sightseeing,
462–3
; Shelley’s period of crisis and,
463
,
464
; and her emotional separation from Shelley,
464
,
474
,
537
; Elena affair and,
466–7
,
468
,
469
,
470
,
471
,
472
,
473
,
481
,
482
,
483
,
484
; leaves Naples,
479–80
; in Rome (1819),
485–7
,
509–18
; her modernization of Prometheus myth,
490
; and reads MS of Shelley’s
Prometheus
,
509
; her friendship with Aemilia Curran,
510–11
; moves to 65 Via Sestina,
511
; discusses
The Cenci
with Shelley,
513
; Gisbornes refuse her invitation to Naples,
514
; illness and death of William,
517–18
; and leaves Rome for Livorno,
518
; and unhappy summer at Monte Nero,
519–20
,
521
,
522
,
527
; her high opinion of
The Cenci
,
525
,
526
; begins writing her journal again,
526
; and
Mathilda
,
526
,
537
; and pregnant again,
526
,
538–9
,
541
,
550
,
551
,
556
,
558
; Shelley intercepts letter from Godwin to,
526
;
The Mask of Anarchy
and,
537–8
; moves to Florence,
541–2
; her view of
Peter Bell the Third
,
556
; birth of son, Percy Florence,
560
,
561

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