Project Gutenberg 2022-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 292 Shelley, Percy Bysshe 1792 1822 Shelley, P. B. (Percy Bysshe) Shepherd, Richard Herne 1842 1895 Shepherd, R. H. (Richard Herne) The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Vol. 1 [of 2] $aUnited Kingdom :$bChatto & Windus,$c1897. Tim Lindell, SF2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Vol. 1 [of 2]" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a collection of the author's prose writings compiled and edited in the late 19th century. This volume includes a variety of works, such as the youthful romances "Zastrozzi" and "St. Irvyne," along with political pamphlets, essays, and letters, which showcase Shelley’s thoughts on philosophy, politics, and art. The topics explored throughout the text reflect the author's deep engagement with themes of love, revenge, and the nature of existence as he crafts a narrative threaded with emotional intensity. The opening of the collection introduces "Zastrozzi," a dark romance steeped in themes of revenge and imprisonment. The narrative begins with Verezzi, a character depicted as a victim of grave persecution by the ruthless Zastrozzi. With a backdrop of eerie darkness, revenge plots uncoil as Zastrozzi seeks to eliminate his enemy, leading to Verezzi's abduction and ensuing torment within a cavernous prison. The tension builds as the story unfolds in a chiaroscuro of hope and despair, unraveling psychological and physical struggles, and introducing the reader to the complex interplay of vengeance, madness, and the psychological impacts of captivity that will characterize the unfolding tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008956221 20190710220718shelley 1897 GB Reading ease score: 56.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en English prose literature PR Text Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 908800 2025-07-27T04:59:24.077360 text/html 881946 2024-10-18T21:16:35 text/html 1224524 2025-07-27T04:59:37.010314 application/epub+zip 1224077 2025-07-27T04:59:26.217305 application/epub+zip 473619 2025-07-27T04:59:25.174335 application/epub+zip 1427086 2025-07-27T04:59:44.897221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1361612 2025-07-27T04:59:35.794300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612814 2022-09-30T15:08:20.842573 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 789438 2025-07-27T04:59:22.510350 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 769321 2024-10-18T21:16:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17966 2025-07-27T04:59:45.060238 application/rdf+xml 11666 2025-07-27T04:59:25.352323 image/jpeg 2446 2025-07-27T04:59:25.263302 image/jpeg 1148784 2025-07-27T04:59:24.174307 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia