Letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Elizabeth Hitchener
by Shelley, Percy Bysshe
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London: Bertram Dobell, 1908. First Dobell edition folowing the privately printed Wise edition of 1890. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine. First Dobell edition folowing the privately printed Wise edition of 1890. 1 vols. 8vo. Elizabeth Hitchener was the mistress of a school at Hurstpierpoint whom Shelley encountered in 1811. She held liberal views for the day and in his early correspondence he attempted to sway her religious views. They corresponded, discovering a pleasure in their letters, she was invited to join the household which she did, resulting in a falling off of their friendship. Granniss 90n
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- Title
- Letters from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Elizabeth Hitchener
- Author
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Dobell edition folowing the privately printed Wise edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bertram Dobell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- British | Percy Bysshe Shelley
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