Its Simon Vance, an excellent audiobook narrator. He is putting on a posher voice for this.

@@Danthehorse It is the kind of English that can be easily understood by any native speaker anywhere and by those who speak English as a later learned language. Diction this clear and precise is often interpreted as something too contrived but our narrator deftly avoids that pitfall. It's a pleasure. I tire easily of speakers who are unaware of the need or unwilling to take the time to make themselves understood.

G nolan, Vance always reads superbly, I think he is trying for a clipped 19th century angle with this one, a little something extra.

@@Danthehorse My curiousity piqued, I pulled up a couple of videos featruing Vance in the spotlight. Yes, his normal voice is quite different but still easily passes even the sternest test. I love the English language in the "hands" of someone who plays it fluidly like the fine instrument it is.

@@gnolan4281 absolutely, his readings of Clive Barker's Imajica is brilliant. Makes me want to improve my diction!

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Ahead of his time? He was a complete fool, and if he influenced future generations it is to the detriment of all. He damaged everyone who came near him. He ruined lives, and did more harm to society that almost any writer of his few years on earth. If he was a one of a kind character, good. Even one of him was too many. Unfortunately, there's nothing one of a kind about him. There were thousands of fools just like him then, and millions now. They're the pseudo-intellectuals who have all the answers, even though they've been nowhere, do nothing important, and lack anything close to a good education. They're the ones with egos as big as the moon, and intellects as small as a microbe, but who think they know everything. Women's rights? His idea of women's rights was based on how many women he could have sex with without getting into trouble. He was a toad, and even Byron did not like him, despite the rosy picture this video paints of their "friendship". You have "lady" in your name. If that is in any way true of your character, your liking of Shelly is sorely misplaced. If it is in no way true, if you think there is any good at all in his lifestyle or his actual beliefs, then congratulations, you are one of those severely damaged by Shelly and his true ideas.

@@jamesaritchie1 You could've expressed all those sentiments without insulting me, you moron. You talked as if you were clean and not stupid like the men you just described. Your behavior simply showcased you aren't different from the awful kind you despise. If you are harboring that much negativity, try doing it with some dignity and be respectful here.

Yes it is done well, but I need more. Anyway, would be a good intro for high school freshman.

It must really piss the Spirit of Shelley off that these days his Mrs's horror story is far more famous than anything he wrote himself..

Excellent. So informative. Thank you for this documentary.

yo0u're obviously a poet yourself

Thank you 🙏 Enjoy

Shelley was a god. And you, from your solecism and misspelling, are a cipher, whose opinion cannot be taken seriously.

Not according to the social mores of young, privileged men of that period !

bounder, as you say, indeed.

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I remember borrowing a book of his poems from the uni library at a summer course in Dijon, France , when I was twenty (a very stimulating two months - I'm from Sweden and the rest of the students who had gathered there were from all over Europe, Japan and some from the US) . The book ended with his final, unfinished piece "The Triumph of Life" and the final half line "Then what is Life, I cried .---". .I figure they were not actually his *very* last lines, though - guess he had not pencilled them in a few days before he went out on that fatal sailing trip! :)

I'll look into them. I love the Elizabethans

Thank you

Be careful the hero you worship. He was so self absorbed and hurt so many in his short life.

@@marjoriegarner5369 , Shelley was hurt by many during his young years at school, if only his parents were aware enough.

@@bonniemagpie9960 - He was a young men. He did not even love for thirty years

Identified incorrectly. Mozart did not write Beethoven's 7th symphony.

Not one word about Schubert's string quartett in a-minor? "Der Tod und das Maedchen"

@@emmitstewart1921 Correct on both points - but what has Beethoven VII to do with a string quartet?

Right on!

🥳🥳 Thank you! Enjoy

Death and the Maiden

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Brilliant poem. I just read it passionately aloud in nature

Had Shelley finished The Triumph of Life, I think that would have been his greatest work. I do agree that Mont Blanc is the peak of his finished works, so to speak.

Her suicide was covered in this documentary.

I didn't know that possibility about the pirates. Maybe some retaliation was at play then.

It was thought that Harriet had an affair and fell pregnant and couldn't bear the consequences. Very sad. Never read anywhere about Pirates.

and "England" when correctly it should have been the "British"and "Britain/United Kingdom"

1881 was his death, wow. He outlived all of them

Your idea is cool. But I wonder if you ever looked at the story and intelligence behind both her and her mother Mary Woolstencraft?

I had forgotten about this theory. It's very interesting to think about. Look into the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva, Switzerland during the year without summer, 1816. Personally, I say Mary wrote it, but that doesn't mean Percy didn't offer feedback, so don't let me stop you from exploring further...

During the time Percy and Mary were together displays of electrical energy were very popular and it is likely that they both went to public autopsies which were all the rage so the Frankenstein novel was very timely. Either could have written it and as is mentioned they both surely talked at length about such possibilities. ---------------- I have not read anything by Mary Shelley other than Frankenstein. I see she wrote several books after Percy's far too soon death but i dont know how they compare to that masterpiece. I am a huge fan of Shelley's poetry, the authorship of Frankenstein is just a whimsical wonderment. Women have been cheated out of credit and compensation for their works in every field of endeavor. It's a credit to Mary that she was able to carry on through all the hardship and grief to make a living and care for her child. ----------------- On the other hand I dont believe for a second that Shakespeare, the uneducated actor, could possibly have written any of the plays or sonnets attributed to him, my guess is Marlow who supposedly said in a bar "All they that love not tobacco and boys are fools". Then faked his death and began writing under the pseudonym of Shakespeare.

@@rookhoatzin Very true about Mary's resilience. And I agree with you wholeheartedly on the Shakespeare authorship question. It was 100% not the Stratford man. My belief is that Edward de Vere was the author based on how close his biography is to the incidents in the plays and a lot of other factors. I can hear my Shakespeare professors shouting in my ear, but to each their own, of course.

Mary initially had a dream which sparked Frankenstein and yes I believe Percy Shelley helped her a lot with that book.

Tosh.

@@rlukins Tosh are official report and peoples dont check what some government /police report say about someone ,stupid peoples only accept it

@@Mr11ESSE111 Yep, still tosh.

@@rlukins like official report of his death just like those of Rudolph Valentino ,Rasputin and few others...stupid peoples would eat every shit officially

@@Mr11ESSE111 My apologies. You're right; Shelley's murder by vampires and the subsequent conspiracy of silence makes more sense. May your light continue to shine into these dark corners of history.

Oh yes, happens so often. So much thought and time goes into these documentaries and then they put music all (or most) of the way through. Not against music to punctuate but preferably not as wallpaper!

I thought the Schubert was very calming and didn't interfere with the narration in the least. '

@@marichristian1072 I, too, thought it was Schubert and yet the credits at the end named it as Mozart.

As much as I love Shelley, this is a valid viewpoint

@@AuthorDocumentaries thank you for seeing that.

Shelley did suffer during his early school years. Shelley didn't drive Harriet to her suicide, Harriet had an affair and fell pregnant and couldn't face the consequences as much as I hate Shelley's union with Mary Godwin, her father William bled him dry forever pounding him for money and Shelley always giving. Shelley wasn't at all selfish. Yes, Harriet was right that Shelley was attracted to Mary because she was Mary Wolstoncrafts and Godwin's daughter and yes Harriet was virtually dropped which was probably the most selfish thing Shelley ever did, Fanny Wolstoncraft also committed suicide. It was just an all out shame Shelley felt compelled to be with Mary Godwin. He was better suited to Claire. She loved him wholeheartedly.

Boo.

Well, she threw herself at Byron😆