Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France

The journal of Mary and Percy Shelley's 1814 elopement across France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland, plus their letters from Lake Geneva and Chamonix. It also includes the first printing of Percy's poem Mont Blanc.

Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley

Letters from Mary Shelley's journeys with her son through Germany and Italy between 1840 and 1843, full of art, landscapes and Italian politics. Both volumes come together in one file.

Mary Shelley

Two short verse dramas based on Greek myth: the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto and the story of King Midas and his golden touch. Written in 1820 and printed for the first time a century later.

Mary Shelley

A short essay from 1824 in which Shelley asks why ghosts no longer appear to modern people and then tells the ghost stories she heard from friends. A quick read that shows her Gothic side outside fiction.

Mary Shelley