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2 unusual facts about Claire Clairmont


Claire Clairmont

At the time Percy Shelley wrote the poem, in Pisa, Clairmont was living in Florence, and the lines may reveal how much he missed her.

The Aspern Papers by Henry James is based on the narrator's attempts to gain ownership of these items.


Allegra Byron

Clara Allegra Byron (12 January 1817 – 20 April 1822), initially named Alba, meaning "dawn," or "white," by her mother, was the illegitimate daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont, the stepsister of Mary Shelley.


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