Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on August 4, 1792 in England. In 1802 Percy enrolled into the Syon House Academy in Brentford, Middlesex and then into Eton College in 1804. His first novel was published in 1810 called Zastrozzi. In 1811 Percy published his second novel titled St. Irvyne also called The Rosicrucian. At 19 years old Percy married his first wife, Harriet Westbrook, on August 29, 1811 but after three years of this marriage he fell in love with Mary Godwin in which he ran away with. In December 1816 Percy’s wife Harriet drowned herself but after her body was found Percy and Mary were married on December 30, 1816. On July 8, 1822 one month before his thirtieth birthday Percy drowned in a sudden storm while sailing back from Livorno to Lerici.
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