History of a Six Weeks' Tour
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
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Travel & Geography
Language: English
Keyword(s): poetry (1793), politics (205), France (170), English (113), Europe (56), Germany (51), romantic (29), Switzerland (20), Holland (7), The Netherlands (4) ... [Show full list]
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 01 | Preface. | BettyB |
00:03:16 |
| Play 02 | Author's Introduction. | BettyB |
00:03:05 |
| Play 03 | France. | Kalynda |
00:22:10 |
| Play 04 | Switzerland. | BettyB |
00:15:41 |
| Play 05 | Germany. | BettyB |
00:10:26 |
| Play 06 | Holland. | BettyB |
00:06:02 |
| Play 07 | Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, in the Summer of the Year 1816. Letter I. | BettyB |
00:09:33 |
| Play 08 | Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, in the Summer of the Year 1816. Letter II. | BettyB |
00:07:24 |
| Play 09 | Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, in the Summer of the Year 1816. Letter III. | Pamela Nagami |
00:25:43 |
| Play 10 | Letters Written During a Residence of Three Months in the Environs of Geneva, in the Summer of the Year 1816. Letter IV. | BettyB |
00:26:22 |
| Play 11 | Mont Blanc. Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni. | BettyB |
00:09:30 |