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The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori, 1816, Relating to Byron, Shelley, Etc by John William Polidori, William Michael Rossetti

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3.0

An interesting, if possibly unreliable, diary of Dr. John Polidori, who was for a short time Lord Byron's doctor and traveling companion. Polidori's sister transcribed the diary and admitted editing out some unsavory pieces. She then destroyed the original manuscript. His nephew then edited and published his aunt's transcript.

Having said that, it was fun to read his entries that coincided with Byron working on Childe Harold and Mary Wollstonecraft working on Frankenstein.