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History of a Six Weeks' Tour

Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley

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Full titled History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni, this small journal was a travel narrative kept by the English Romantic authors Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. They describe two trips, both taken by Mary, Percy, and Mary's stepsister, Claire Clairmont: one across Europe in 1814, and one to Lake Geneva in 1816. Divided into three sections, the text consists of a journal, four letters, and Percy Shelley's poem "Mont Blanc". Apart from the poem, the text was primarily written and organized by Mary Shelley.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .St. Aubin, a lovely village embosomed in trees; but on a nearer view we found the cottages roofless, the rafters black, and the walls dilapidated;—a few inhabitants remained. We asked for milk—they had none to give; all their cows had been taken by the Cossacs. We had still some leagues to travel that night, but we found that they were not post leagues, but the measurement of the inhabitants, and nearly double the distance. The road lay over a desart plain, and as night advanced we were often in danger of losing the track of 21wheels, which was our only guide. Night closed in, and we suddenly lost all trace of the road; but a few trees, indistinctly seen, seemed to indicate the position of a village. About ten we arrived at Trois Maisons, where, after a supper on milk and sour bread, we retired to rest on wretched beds: but sleep is seldom denied, except to the indolent, and after the day's fatigue, although my bed was nothing more than a sheet spr. . . Read More

Community Reviews

But how should we proceed? After talking over and rejecting many plans, we fixed on one eccentric enough, but which from its romance, was very pleasing to us. In England we could not have put it in execution without sustaining continual insult and impertinence: the French are far more tolerant of

Me ha resultado tan aburrido, que su único mérito es su brevedad. Pensé que me encontraría al menos con alguna mísera señal de Frankenstein, pero no. Solo son descripciones, marcadas por unos fuertes prejuicios por parte de Mary y Percy, de sus recorridos. O quizás esté allí lo bello, en descubrir l

Buen libro si solo buscas entretenerte y conocer un poco de la personalidad de la autora Mary Shelley (medio sangrona, si me permiten decir) y un poco el punto de vista de lo ocurrido en europea en esas épocas. Realmente no es algo muy profundo, pero es interesante leerlo.

enjoyability 3/5 but educational wise like a 4 it was v fun seeing their influence on each others writing

As cartas possuem mais detalhes do que o diário em si; gostei também do anexo de linhas escritas. Foi levemente desesperador ver o tanto de desconforto e os perigos que Mary Shelley e cia. passaram.

Didn't find the contents to be terribly fascinating of itself, but I was intrigued by the origin and development of this text, which was a collaborative project that grew out of a shared journal that Mary and PB Shelley both wrote in during their initial elopement journey and subsequent European tra

Brief, curious, very descriptive, beautifully written.

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