# otd

Mary and Shelly go for a walk.

What do they discuss?

Suicide. Death. Scandal. Marriage.

— December 15 1816.

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2016-12-16

After the victory of the Pyramids and possession of Cairo, then I willingly resigned myself to every brilliant dream.—Napoleon, Oct 18 1816.

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2016-10-19

Shelley goes to Diodati to spend the evening with Byron. Mary remains behind reading and writing. — August 1 1816.

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2016-08-02

Thomas Rowlandson, "Death and the Apothecary," 1816. https://t.co/MbD7ESJYst

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2015-03-30

Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premiered in 1816. Here's a portrait by Delacroix http://t.co/I7GWiZZg2c

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2015-02-21