Conclusion: How Mary Shelley Lost Percy to the Sea

A storm caused the waters to rise like monsters Percy wrote about in poetry, and his boat disappeared. Some days later, bodies washed up on shore.

Valued patrons of the Literary Ladies’ Tearoom, we have reached the end of October—and with it, we must offer the seat of authorly honor to a different guest, Louisa May Alcott, for November.

During that month, our book club will be reading Little Women. Elves are sweeping the tiled floor; faeries are hanging up all forms of garlands, storing away the d…