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A '''wife''' of [[Percy Shelley]] was abandoned by him with their [[Percy Shelley's child|child]] for 16-year-old [[Mary Shelley]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')
[[Percy Shelley]] has abandoned his '''wife''' and their [[Percy Shelley's child|child]] for 16-year-old [[Mary Shelley]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mary's Story (audio story)|Mary's Story]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==

Revision as of 15:43, 28 February 2016

Percy Shelley has abandoned his wife and their child for 16-year-old Mary Shelley. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)

Behind the scenes

Harriet Westbrook was the first wife of Percy Shelley. On 28 July 1814, Percy abandoned her and ran away with Mary Shelley to Switzerland, taking Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont with them. In Switzerland in June 1816, they met the Eighth Doctor. [1]