History of a Six Weeks' Tour
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Full 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 (2 hr 19 min)
Chapters
| Preface. | 3:16 | Read by BettyB |
| Author's Introduction. | 3:05 | Read by BettyB |
| France. | 22:10 | Read by Kalynda |
| Switzerland. | 15:41 | Read by BettyB |
| Germany. | 10:26 | Read by BettyB |
| Holland. | 6:02 | Read by BettyB |
| Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, i… | 9:33 | Read by BettyB |
| Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, i… | 7:24 | Read by BettyB |
| Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, i… | 25:43 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
| Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, i… | 26:22 | Read by BettyB |
| Mont Blanc. Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni. | 9:30 | Read by BettyB |