# Shelley and Swinburne — Heretics character guide

> Shelley and Swinburne in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

Poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Algernon Charles Swinburne, discussed together.

## In the story

### [Christmas and the Aesthetes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/vi-christmas-and-the-aesthetes)

They are cited as critics of Christianity's alleged enmity to joy, yet they failed to establish any new festive traditions.

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