ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Nombre de la ex esposa de Percy Shelly
A
Harriet
B
Jarriet
C
Julietta
D
Hannah
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -First wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Westbrook was born on 1 August 1795. Her father was the highly successful owner of a coffee house in Grovesnor Square and intended for his children to move up in the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was perfect for 16-year-old Mary, although his wife, Harriet, may not have felt the same. Nonetheless, Mary and Percy couldn’t stay away from each other and, after a few months of romantic strolls to her mother’s grave, they declared their love for each other right in the cemetery.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shelley had married Harriet Westbrook five years before, when he was 19 and she still at school. She was a friend of Shelley’s younger sisters, and he met her soon after being sent down from Oxford in early 1811.

Detailed explanation-4: -Best Known For: Known for his lyrical and long-form verse, Percy Bysshe Shelley was a prominent English Romantic poet and was one of the most highly regarded and influential poets of the 19th century.

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