«Behind every famous man stands a woman.» But why specifically behind him? That’s just how history has unfolded. And so it is with the life of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, intertwined closely with five women — but what do we know about them? Very little, even about his second wife Mary Shelley, the creator of the famous novel «Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus». And as for the others… His first wife Harriet and sister-in-law Fanny Imlay died at a young age, while friend Claire Clairmont lived to old age and left behind diaries. In this book they will be heard for the first time in Russian language and will tell us about their years spent in Russia as governesses during early 19th century among other things. Five young Englishwomen dreamed of happiness — so what happened? Let’s give them a voice and let them speak for themselves. They can help today’s women better understand themselves (Nina Agisheva).
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