# Shelley — On the Art of Reading character guide

> Shelley in On the Art of Reading by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Shelley the Jehovah

**First appearance:** 0005-lecture-iii-children-s-reading-i

## Who they are

The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, referenced for his poetry and radical ideas.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_reading_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

The narrator examines Shelley's poetry and defense of poetry as a passionate argument for the power of imaginative reading.

## In the story

### [Lecture V: On Reading for Examinations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_reading_se/chapters/lecture-v-on-reading-for-examinations)

Quoted for a stanza from 'Adonais' to illustrate the difficulty of examining poetry.

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