Love's Children

by Judith Chernaik

Drawn to Percy Bysshe Shelley's creed of love, freedom, and justice, three women--Mary and Fanny Godwin and their step-sister Claire--surrounded by a circle of writers and radical thinkers, enjoy a revolutionary way of living that includes free love and vegetarianism.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction

229 pages, Hardcover

First published April 7, 1992

Reviews

[Sarah Rigg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book, bought this book, loved this book, wrote a paper about it for college. I always was way more interested in the lives of the Romantic poets than the poetry itself. I like that this novel is told from the viewpoint of the women involved, who bore the brunt of social disapproval for their free love ways much more than Byron, Shelley, and the other boys.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a decent read, but please don't think it is anything more than romantic fiction.