![]() Slightly more studious than Byron, Shelley apparently attended one lecture during his brief time at University College, and spent almost all of his spare time reading. He went to University College, Oxford, in 1810. ![]() Lighter moments at Eton included his habit of running a current through his room’s door handle to give unsuspecting tutors an electric shock, and blowing up a tree. His high-pitched shrieks which ended the daily ritual earned him the nickname ‘Mad Shelley’. Shelley endured a miserable time at Eton College, where he was subjected to the ritual of ‘Shelley-baiting’ everyday at 12pm, in which he would be surrounded by older boys who teased him and tore at his clothes. Wikimedia Commons Shelley at Oxfordīyron’s great friend and contemporary, Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), also came from an aristocratic background, albeit a fabulously wealthy one. Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Amelia Curran, England or Ireland, 1819. ![]()
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