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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Letters of Claire Clairmont to Byron, with a letter fragment of Byron |
| Date | Mar 1816 - 1 May 1820 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Author | Clairmont, Claire; Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) |
| Theme | Private and Domestic Life |
| Description | Letters of Claire Clairmont to Byron, with a letter fragment of Byron thought to be intended for Claire Clairmont. The correspondence from 1816 relates to Clairmont's attempts to establish her literary career, her brief relationship with Byron and their friendship with Percy Bysshe Shelley (married to her stepsister, Mary). The later correspondence relates to Byron and Clairmont's daughter, Allegra, who was in Byron's custody. |
| Keywords | authors women women writers fame and scandal romanticism travel and exploration friendship |
| People | Byron, George Gordon (6th Baron Byron) Clairmont, Claire Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, William Byron, Clara Allegra |
| Places | Switzerland; Geneva; United Kingdom; Bath; Italy; Milan; Venice; Pisa |
| NLS Collection | Byron Papers |
| NLS Reference | MS.43419 |
| Copyright and Source Archive | The National Library of Scotland |