![]() ![]() Perhaps that is how the curse came upon the Lady of Shalott. That book centers on a secret love and a secluded maiden, bearing some similarities with “The Lady of Shalott.” Before the age of 16, Tennyson had written a 6000 line epic entitled “Armageddon,” and a drama called “The Devil and the Lady,” in which a man named Magus is leaving on a journey but concerned for his wife convinces the Devil to protect her virtue. One of the books he read as a child was The Old Manor House by Charlotte Smith (written in 1793). ![]() Alfred was the fourth of 12 children, and as a child would often tell stories to his younger siblings about battles and the brave knights who fought in them. ![]() His parents were George Clayton Tennyson, the town rector (and an alcoholic), and Elizabeth Fytche, who loved reading to her children. Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6th 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, although one source states he was born the same day in December, and another on the 5th of August. ![]()
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