The Clairmont Family Journals 1855-1885

This new edition brings together the three journals of Pauline Clairmont and Wilhelm Clairmont the niece and nephew of Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley's stepsister, thereby extending our understanding of the Shelley-Clairmont family.

Sharon L. Joffe is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Lamar University, USA

Acknowledgments Editorial Standards and Practices List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations Editorial Symbols Chronology of Pauline Clairmont Chronology of Wilhelm Clairmont Chapter One: Introduction: The History of the Shelley and Clairmont Families Chapter Two: Pauline Clairmont's Australian Journal (1855-1857) Chapter Three: Wilhelm Clairmont's Journal (1861) Chapter Four: "Meine Fussreise im Juli 1885": Walter Clairmont's Journal (German transcription and English translation; 1885) Chapter Five: Pauline Clairmont, the Governess Occupation, and the Genre of Life Writing Appendix A: The Godwin-Shelley-Clairmont Family Genealogical Table Appendix B: Historicizing the Journals: Australia, Austria, and the Banat Appendix C: Wilhelm Clairmont's 1873 Certificate of Appointment as an Appraiser Appendix D: Pauline Clairmont's 1891 Death Certificate Appendix E: William Godwin and Mary Jane Clairmont's "Certified Copy of a Marriage Certificate" from 1940 Appendix F: Walter Clairmont's and Alma Crüwell-Clairmont's testimonies from the 1930s Appendix G: Rosalie Lady Mander's Letters from 1937-1938 to Alma Crüwell-Clairmont Index