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Claire Clairmont. 1 reference. retrieved. 7 August 2020. WikiTree person ID. Clairmont-48. subject named as. Jane Claire Mary Clara Clairmont (27 Apr 1798 - 19 Mar 1879)
Jun 29, 1995 · This book differs markedly from even the best (least speculative) Shelley scholarship by holding that the "sweet consolation" which Shelley enjoyed with Claire Clairmont never went beyond a romantic friendship. Yes, their friendship at times had to be concealed from Mary Shelley, because the stepsisters could only stand so much of each other.
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Feb 29, 2024 · Clairmont is the fascinating story of Claire Clairmont, a women who was step-sister to Mary Shelley, sister-in-law to poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and lover to Lord Byron. Her story is lost in time, a women whose life was influenced by these famous writers, but now she tells her story.
Aug 15, 2005 · Michael Rossington, a leading Shelley scholar, has discovered a previously unrecorded manuscript of 1820 - the 'Ode to Naples' - in the beautiful handwriting of Clairmont (1798-1879), who captivated the poet with her wit, her intelligence and her black eyes. The manuscript, which was found in the library of UCL, bears Shelley's amendments.
The daughter of an unknown father and Mary Jane Vial (William Godwin's second wife), 18-year-old Claire Clairmont was briefly Lord Byron's mistress in Switzerland in 1816; she had their daughter Allegra in 1817. Though Byron refused to see her, Claire relentlessly continued her pursuit, a fatal attraction, and there was a great deal of ...
Feb 20, 2024 · Claire Clairmont is best known as the stepsister of Mary Godwin Shelley and briefly the lover of Lord Byron. At the age of 18 she pursued Byron to Switzerland after he had exiled himself after the ...
On the other hand, two Claire-to-Byron letters in Mrs. Mander's Claire Clairmont (pp. 64–65), printed by the author by permission of Sir John Murray, would seem to indicate that at least as late as the first days after Byron's arrival at Geneva Shelley did not know the whole truth. It seems impossible to tell just when he did find it out.
