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Idealist, atheist, outcast, political radical and, of course, poet – Percy
Bysshe Shelley was, in many ways, the epitome of the Romantic
artist. His poetry was an outlet for his passionately-held and highly
unpopular beliefs; beliefs which resulted in social exclusion, exile,
and possibly even his premature death at the age of twenty-nine.
His work is a monument to his convictions and to the power of
the human spirit, and today it is recognised as a key contribution
to Romantic literature. This anthology contains many of his bestknown
poems, including Ozymandias, The Mask of Anarchy and To
a Skylark, as well as excerpts from (among others) Prometheus
Unbound and Adonaïs, all read by Bertie Carvel, one of the most
talented English actors of his generation.