The Cenci by Percy Bysshe Shelley

200 pages first pub 1819 (editions)

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The Cenci was a verse drama written in the summer of 1819 by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was inspired by a real Italian family, the Cencis (especially Beatrice Cenci). Due to its theme of incest the play was considered unperformable in its day, and i...

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