History of a Six Weeks' Tour
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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This podcast presents the full text of 'History of a Six Weeks' Tour', a travel narrative by Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley. It chronicles their journeys through France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland in 1814 and 1816, including a sail around Lake Geneva and visits to the Glaciers of Chamouni. The work combines journal entries, letters, and Percy Shelley's poem 'Mont Blanc', offering a vivid account of Romantic-era travel and nature.
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History of a Six Weeks' Tour - Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 06.05.2026 2ч 19минFull 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. - Summary by 1817
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