“If you were in an ill-humour, one glance from Justine could dissipate it, for the same reason that Ariosto gives concerning the beauty of Angelica.” (Shelley 27).
Ludovico Ariosto was a popular Italian epic poet. His most famous poem is that of “Orlando Furioso,” or “the Frenzy of Orlando,” in which the protagonist, Orlando, falls hopelessly in love with a princess named Angelica. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_furioso) Angelica is described as very beautiful and benevolent, as is Justine in the novel Frankenstein.
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