Dictionary of National Biography, 1
Dillon, Henrietta, Viscountess (née Browne), 1
Dillon, Henry Augustus Dillon Lee, 13th Viscount, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Diodati, Villa (Cologny, Switzerland), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Dionigi, Marianna, 1
Dippel, Konrad, 1
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1, 2n, 3, 4, 5; Venetia, 1
Dods, Mary Diana (‘David Lindsay’): friendship with MS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; relations and travels with Isabel Douglas (Robinson), 1, 2, 3;
father’s death, 1;
inheritance, 1;
adopts identity of Walter Sholto Douglas, 1, 2;
gains passport, 1;
in Paris, 1, 2;
ill health, 1;
death, 1;
sent to debtors’ prison in Paris, 1;
inspires MS story, 1
Don Juan (boat), 1, 2, 3, 4
D’Orsay, Alfred, Count, 1
Dorset, Catherine, 1
Douglas, Isabel (formerly Robinson): MS’S friendship with, 1, 2; birth of daughter, 1;
relations and travels with Walter Douglas (Mary Diana Dods), 1, 2;
tells MS of Jane Williams’s scandalous gossip, 1;
health improves, 1, 2;
spreads rumours about MS in Paris, 1, 2;
in Paris, 1;
marriage to Falconer and later death, 1;
Mérimée criticizes, 1;
returns to London, 1, 2;
rift with MS, 1, 2, 3, 4
Douglas, Walter Sholto see Dods, Mary Diana
Dowden, Edward, 1
Dresden, 1
Drummond, Sir William, 1
Drury Lane Theatre, 1, 2n
Dudley, John William Ward, Viscount (later 1st Earl of), 1, 2
Dundee: MS stays in, 1, 2, 3, 4
Dunstan, Emily, 1n
Duvillard, Aimée (Elise’s daughter), 1, 2
Duvillard, Elise see Foggi, Elise
Easton, Reginald, 1n
Eclectic Review, 1, 2, 3
Eden, Emily, 1
Edinburgh Magazine, 1
Edinburgh Review, 1, 2, 3
Edison, Thomas, 1
Edwards, Bryan, 1
Elcott, near Hungerford, Berkshire, 1, 2, 3, 4
Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of, 1, 2
Eldred, Emily, 1
electricity: discovery and development of, 1; effect on corpses, 1;
and Swiss storms, 1, 2
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of, 1
Eliot, George (Marian Evans), 1n
Elise (Swiss nurse) see Foggi, Elise
Ellis, Robert Leslie, 1, 2
England: reforms and changes in, 1
Enniscorthy, Ireland, 1
Enquirer, The, 1, 2
Esdaile family, 1
Esdaile, Ianthe (née Shelley; PBS and Harriet’s daughter): birth, 1; PBS’S attitude to, 1;
PBS seeks custody of, 1, 2;
guardianship settled, 1n, 2, 3;
invites young Percy to stay, 1;
young Percy stays with, 1;
inheritance, 1;
invited to Boscombe, 1;
and biographical accounts of parents, 1, 2;
death, 1
Este, 1
Eustace, Revd Chetwode, 1
Examiner (newspaper), 1, 2, 3n, 4, 5, 6n, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Exbury, Isle of Wight, 1
Falconer, Revd William, 1
Family Library (John Murray), 1
Faraday, Michael, 1n, 2
Farrer, Annie, 1
Fauriel, Claude, 1
Feldman, Paula and Scott-Kilvert, Diana, 1
Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe, 1
Fenwick, Eliza: congratulates Godwins on marriage, 1; children, 1;
and Mary Wollstonecraf’s death, 1;
helps with MS’S upbringing, 1;
dress, 1;
runs school, 1n, 2;
dislikes Mary Jane Godwin, 1;
works for Godwins, 1;
daughter’s success as actress, 1;
Mary and Her Cat, 1;
Secresy, 1n
Fenwick, John: in Fleet prison, 1, 2; visits Gisbornes in London, 1
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Lorena, 1
Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, 1n, 2
Field Place: MS and son Percy inherit, 1, 2; MS and Percy occupy, 1;
conditions at, 1, 2;
expenses, 1, 2;
commemorative plaque to PBS, 1n;
rented out after MS’S death, 1
Fielding, ‘Cleobulina’, 1
Figge, Charlotte, 1, 2
Fitzroy, Jane (née Beauclerk), 1
Fletcher, Revd William, 1, 2
Florence, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Foggi, Elise (née Duvillard): engaged as nurse for William Shelley, 1, 2, 3, 4; accompanies Shelleys to Europe, 1, 2;
looks after Allegra Byron, 1;
suggests Byron may debauch Allegra, 1;
informs Hoppners of Claire Clairmont’s giving birth in Naples, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
marries Foggi, 1;
PBS’S possible liaison and child with, 1, 2n;
child by Foggi, 1;
meets Claire in Florence, 1;
denies spreading gossip, 1
Foggi, Paolo: dishonesty and threats, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; as Shelleys’ factotum, 1 & n;
and MS’S trip to Venice, 1;
travels with Shelley family in Italy, 1;
Elise marries, 1;
child by Elise, 1;
Claire ‘gives Naples commission’ to, 1
Fordham, Mrs, 1, 2
Fordyce, George, 1
Forman, Buxton, 1
Forster, E.M.: A Room with a View, 1
Foscolo, Ugo, 1
Fournée, Marguerite, 1, 2, 3
Fox, Charles James, 1n
France: war with England, 1, 2; MS and PBS elope to, 1, 2;
1848 refugees from, 1
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1
Frankenstein, Castle, 1
Frankenstein (MS): and death of MS’S mother, 1; Victor’s fantasy at creation scene, 1;
influenced by Godwin’s St Leon, 1n;
connected to Coleridge’s ‘Ancient Mariner’, 1, 2;
origins and sources, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
influenced by The Tempest, 1;
and torturing of living animals, 1;
Preface to revised edition (1831), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
references to Scotland in, 1;
and PBS’S interest in chemistry and magic, 1;
location, 1;
and MS’S view of coloured people and slaves, 1, 2, 3;
PBS writes Preface to 1818 edition, 1;
qualities, 1;
nature of Creature in, 1;
shortage of scientific detail in, 1;
writing of, 1, 2;
publication, 1, 2;
dedicated to Godwin, 1, 2;
near-incest in, 1;
reception, 1, 2;
Byron admires, 1;
Godwin praises, 1;
‘Thomas’ edition, 1;
dramatized, 1, 2, 3;
Godwin revises for 1823 edition, 1, 2;
historical setting, 1;
reputation and myth of, 1, 2, 3, 4;
Bentley republishes, 1;
revised (1831), 1;
Medwin defends as MS’S work, 1;
and derelict France, 1;
praised in MS’S obituary, 1;
Creature as iconic bogeyman, 1;
Trelawny claims authorship by PBS, 1;
Florence Marshall admires, 1;
film versions, 1
Fraser’s Magazine, 1, 2
French Revolution, 1, 2, 3
Friend, Elizabeth, 1
Fuseli, Henry: Mary Wollstonecraft’s infatuation with, 1, 2, 3, 4
Fuseli, Sophia (née Rawlins), 1
‘Gagging Acts’ (1796), 1
Galignani (publishing house): publishes PBS’S poems, 1, 2, 3, 4
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p; Galignani’s Messenger (newspaper), 1n
Gall, Franz Joseph, 1n
Galloni, Anna Laura Georgina (née Mason; ‘Laurette’), 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Inez de Medine, 1n
Galvani, Luigi, 1
Gamba family, 1
Gamba, Count Pietro, 1, 2, 3, 4
Garnett family (of Paris), 1, 2
Garnett, Harriet, 1
Garnett, Julia, 1, 2
Garnett, Maria, 1
Garnett, Richard, 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5; (ed.) Relics of Shelley (1862), 1, 2
Gatteschi, Ferdinando (‘Luigi’): MS supports, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; threatens MS with blackmail, 1, 2, 3
Gaulis, Charles de, 1
Gazette de France, 1
Gee see Paul, Georgiana
Geneva: PBS and MS stay in, 1, 2, 3, 4; Byron in, 1, 2;
PBS and Byron tour lake, 1;
MS revisits (1840), 1
Genoa, 1
Gentleman’s Magazine, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
George III, King: carriage attacked, 1
George IV, King (earlier Prince Regent): and Dr Anthony Carlile, 1n; Leigh Hunt attacks, 1;
London shaping, 1;
MS hopes to see at Windsor, 1;
MS mocks in The Last Man, 1;
MS criticizes to Trelawny, 1
Germany: MS visits with son Percy, 1; see also Baden-Baden
Gerrald, Joseph, 1
Gertrude (young Percy’s inamorata), 1, 2
Ghibellines and Guelphs, 1& n
Gibbon, Edward, 1
Gibson, Thomas, 1
Gilfillan, George, 1, 2, 3
Gillman, Ann, 1n
Gillman, Dr James, 1n, 2, 3
Girondists, 1
Gisborne, John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; death, 1;
keeps copybook of MS– T.J. Hogg correspondence, 1 2n
Gisborne, Maria (earlier Reveley): friendship with Godwin, 1; congratulates Godwins on marriage, 1;
children, 1;
Godwin proposes to, 1;
marriage to Gisborne, 1;
PBS describes Hogg to, 1;
Godwin explains Fanny’s suicide to, 1;
letters from MS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10n, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21n, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29;
character and accomplishments, 1, 2;
MS and pbs meet in Italy, 1, 2, 3;
stays with MS during PBS’S absence in Venice, 1;
shows MS’S Matilda to Godwin, 1;
Shelleys leave for Florence, 1;
MS requests books from, 1;
trip to England, 1, 2;
PBS tells of Elena Adelaide, 1, 2;
Shelleys occupy villa during absence, 1;
PBS writes to defending Claire, 1;
keeps journal in London, 1;
returns from England, 1;
rift with Shelleys, 1, 2;
reconciliation with Shelleys, 1;
PBS instructs to keep Godwin’s affairs secret from MS, 1;
PBS tells of MS’S miscarriage, 1;
MS informs of cremations of PBS and companions, 1;
advises MS to stay in Italy in widowhood, 1;
reluctant to admit knowing MS, 1;
friendship with MS in London, 1;
and MS’S political moderation, 1;
over-protects son, 1;
and MS’S Lodore, 1;
MS requests copies of letters from PBS, 1;
reassures and supports MS, 1, 2;
death, 1;
MS borrows family papers, 1
Glas, John (and Glassites), 1, 2, 3
Gliddon, Arthur, 1
Gobbo, Launcelot, 1
Godwin, Ann (William’s mother), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; death, 1
Godwin, Emily, 1
Godwin, Hannah (William’s sister), 1n, 2, 3, 4, 5
Godwin, Harriet (Joseph’s wife), 1
Godwin, Harriet (William’s sister or sister-in-law), 1n
Godwin, Hull (William’s brother), 1n, 2, 3
Godwin, John (William’s brother), 1n, 2
Godwin, Joseph (William’s brother), 1n, 2, 3
Godwin, Mary Jane (earlier Clairmont; William’s second wife): letters to Lady Mountcashell, 1, 2, 3;
Godwin meets and marries, 1;
character and qualities, 1, 2, 3;
origins and background, 1;
marriage relations, 1, 2, 3;
writings and translations, 1, 2;
and children’s upbringing and education, 1, 2, 3;
persuades husband to start children’s bookshop, 1, 2;
MS’S hostility to, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and MS’S stay in Ramsgate, 1;
works in husband’s shop, 1;
and MS’S absence in Scotland, 1;
Harriet Shelley on, 1, 2;
and PBS’S suicide threat, 1;
on MS’S and Jane’s flight to France, 1, 2;
and Laurette, 1;
and exclusion of MS on return from Continent, 1;
thanks PBS for financial aid, 1;
and Godwin’s money grant from PBS, 1;
and Godwin’s debts, 1;
reports MS’S disapproval to Fanny, 1;
Fanny denies spreads scandal about MS, 1;
on Harriet Shelley’s pregnancy, 1;
at MS’S wedding, 1;
unaware of birth of Allegra Byron, 1;
distressed at PBS’S refusal of financial help, 1;
on MS’S calmness, 1;
and ‘Adelaide’, 1n;
friendship with Mme Merveilleux du Plantis, 1;
hostility to MS, 1;
suggests MS keeps half profits from Valperga, 1;
amiability on MS’S return to London, 1;
sees Presumption with MS, 1;
MS lives with, 1;
moves to Gower Place, 1;
meets MS’S friends, 1;
at husband’s death, 1;
MS cares for in widowhood, 1, 2, 3;
depicted in MS’S fiction, 1;
moves to Kentish Town, 1, 2;
Melbourne grants state gift to, 1;
decline, 1;
death, 1;
grave left in St Pancras churchyard, 1
Godwin, Nathaniel (William’s brother; ‘Nattie’), 1n, 2, 3
Godwin, William (MS’S father): and French Revolution, 1; and scientific discovery, 1;
escapes prosecution, 1;
radicalism and attacks on government, 1, 2;
background and upbringing, 1, 2;
education, 1;
religious scepticism, 1, 2, 3;
writing career, 1;
relations with family, 1;
meets Mary Wollstonecraft, 1, 2;
on Mary Wollstonecraft’s unhappy affair with Imlay, 1, 2;
appearance and portraits, 1, 2, 3;
courtship and marriage, 1, 2;
marriage relations with Mary Wollstonecraft, 1;
Polygon home, 1;
educational principles, 1, 2, 3;
and wife’s death at birth of Mary, 1, 2, 3;
public criticisms of, 1;
love for MS, 1, 2, 3;
MS’S relations with, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
and upbringing of MS and Fanny Imlay, 1, 2;
seeks new wife, 1;
visits Dublin, 1;
meets and marries Mary Jane Clairmont, 1;
marriage relations with Mary Jane, 1, 2;
children’s books, 1;
pseudonyms, 1, 2;
blackouts (‘deliquium’), 1, 2;
bookselling career, 1, 2, 3, 4;
and Juvenile Library, 1;
debts and creditors, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
influence on MS’S social and political views and reading, 1, 2n;
moves to Skinner Street, 1;
library and reading, 1n;
depression, 1;
and MS’S departure for Ramsgate, 1;
PBS corresponds with, 1;
dependence on patrons, 1;
hopes for and a
ccepts financial help from PBS, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16;
and MS’S stay in Scotland, 1;
attempts to visit PBS in Devon, 1;
PBS visits, 1;
advice to PBS, 1;
circle and friends, 1;
and MS’S return from stay in Scotland, 1;
hopes for Napoleon’s reform plans, 1;
on marriage, 1n;
and PBS’S love-making with MS, 1;
advises Turner to remove wife from PBS’S influence, 1;
warns Jane Clairmont against carrying messages for MS and PBS, 1;
writes to PBS on affair with MS, 1;
and MS’S flight to France with PBS, 1, 2;
missing correspondence with MS, 1;
as father-figure to young men, 1;
excludes MS on return from elopement, 1, 2, 3;
daily journal, 1;
on PBS’S beauty and wickedness, 1;
on Milton’s nephews, 1;
on slavery, 1;
PBS informs of birth of son William, 1;
PBS announces departure for Geneva with MS, 1;
quarrel with PBS over money and forgiveness, 1;
Byron admires, 1;
manages Primrose Street houses, 1;
and Fanny Imlay’s suicide, 1;
writes to MS after Fanny’s death, 1;
at MS’S wadding, 1;
reconciliation with MS after marriage, 1, 2;
spreads scandal about Harriet Shelley, 1;
changes views on free love, 1n;
unaware of birth of Allegra Byron, 1;
visits Albion House, Marlow, 1, 2, 3;
Frankenstein dedicated to, 1, 2;
MS shows Frankenstein manuscript to, 1;
believes PBS to be father of Allegra Byron, 1, 2, 3;
praises Frankenstein, 1, 2;
absent from christening of MS’S children and Allegra, 1;
visits MS before departure for Italy, 1;
provides letter of recommendation for MS in Italy, 1;
suggests biographical subjects for MS, 1;
letter to MS on death of Clara, 1;
meets ‘Adelaide’, 1n;
rent arrears, 1, 2, 3, 4;
financial difficulties, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
letter to MS following death of William Shelley, 1;
dislikes MS’S Matilda, 1;
praises PBS’S The Cenci, 1;
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