History of a Six Weeks' Tour (1817) is a travelogue by Mary Shelley
and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Composed of journal entries, letters, and
a poem, History of a Six Weeks' Tour was published anonymously with
a preface by Percy. Detailing their stay in Switzerland during the
legendary "year without a summer," the travelogue was Mary's first
published work and remains an invaluable text for the study of
English Romanticism. When Percy Bysshe Shelley met Mary Godwin, he
had initially planned to acquaint himself with her father, a famous
philosopher. Soon, however, the pair fell in love and eloped with
Claire Clairmont, Mary's stepsister. They journeyed through France,
Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands before returning home
with little money and without the support of their families. In
1816, following the death of their first child, Percy and Mary
travelled with Claire to Geneva, Switzerland, where the infamous
Lord Byron had rented a villa along the shores of Lake Geneva. Due
to a volcanic eruption in Indonesia, temperatures in Europe and
throughout the world plummeted, creating the conditions for the
"year without a summer." Forced to remain indoors for much of their
stay, the group soon grew tired of telling one another folk tales
and ghost stories to pass the time. On a whim, Byron suggested they
all write their own works of fiction, igniting the spark for some
of the defining texts of the Romantic era. Having never published
her own writing before, Mary unwittingly began mapping out her
masterpiece. Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus appeared in
print two years later, changing the course of English literature
forever. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe
Shelley's History of a Six Weeks' Tour is a classic of English
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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