William Godwin's Diary

Events

Jane 'Clair' Clairmont returned to England. Her trip was twofold: she both wanted to see her brother, Charles, and had been further encouraged by Mary Shelley, who had expressed concern for her wellbeing. She subsequently stayed with Mary until April 1829.

See The journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844, ed. by Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert, 2 vols (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press, 1987), p. 509, n. 2.