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Mad, bad and
dangerous to
know
A shaken Annabella told her parents and her lawyers
about Byron's abusive behavior. Word of his
allegedly incestuous relationship leaked out, making
Byron persona non grata in respectable circles. His
reputation ruined his finances a mess, Byron
decided to leave the country of his birth once and for
all. "I was unfit for England," the poet later wrote,
and "England was unfit for me.
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