Claire Clairmont [SEP] sister
Claire Clairmont
Clara Mary Jane Clairmont (27 April 1798 – 19 March 1879), or Claire Clairmont as she was commonly known, was the stepsister of writer Mary Shelley and the mother of Lord Byron's daughter Allegra. She is thought to be the subject of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Early life.
Clairmont was born in 1798 in Brislington, near Bristol, the second child and only daughter of Mary Jane Vial Clairmont. Throughout her childhood, she was known as "Jane". In 2010
. "Death & The Maidens." Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2007. .
- Laura Whalen. "The Song of Claire". Create Space, 2018.
External links.
- Biography of Claire Clairmont
- The story of the unconventional "ménage à trois" was filmed in 1988 with Laura Dern playing the part of Shelley's future sister-in-law, released as Haunted Summer. See .
- Claire Clairmont manuscript material, 1814-1879, held by the Carl H. Pforzheimer