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M Lodovico Ariosto : Orlando Furioso

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Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

Lodovico Ariosto : Orlando Furioso

'Shelley and Clara begin Orlando Furioso'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

Lodovico Ariosto : Orlando Furioso

'read a scene or two out of "As You Like It" - go upstairs to talk with Shelley - Read Ovid (54 lines only) Shelley finishes the 3d canto of Ariosto'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Bysshe Shelley      Print: Book

Lodovico Ariosto : Orlando Furioso

'After tea read Ovid 83 lines - Shelley two or three cantos of Ariosto with Clary and plays a game of chess with her Read Voltaire's Essay on the Spirit of Nations'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont     Print: Book

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