Charles E. Robinson is professor of English at the University of Delaware. He is also the author of Shelley and Byron: The Snake and Eagle Wreathed in Flight.

Beyond question Shelley scholars and 19th-century specialists will value this usefully annotated and carefully produced edition. Washington Post

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. A Tale of the PassionsChapter 2. Recollections of ItalyChapter 3. The Bride of Modern ItalyChapter 4. Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated EnglishmanChapter 5. The Sisters of AlbanoChapter 6. Ferdinando Eboli: A TaleChapter 7. The MournerChapter 8. The Evil EyeChapter 9. The False RhymeChapter 10. TransformationChapter 11. The Swiss PeasantChapter 12. The DreamChapter 13. The Brother and Sister: An Italian StoryChapter 14. The Invisible GirlChapter 15. The Smuggler and His FamilyChapter 16. The Mortal Immortal: A TaleChapter 17. The Trial of LoveChapter 18. The Elder SonChapter 19. The ParvenueChapter 20. The PilgrimsChapter 21. Euphrasia: A Tale of GreeceChapter 22. The Heir of MondolfoChapter 23. Valerius: The Reanimated RomanChapter 24. An Eighteenth-Century Tale: A FragmentChapter 25. The PoleNotes