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Frances Wilson
ISBN: 9780571230488
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Faber and Faber
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Listen to author Frances Wilson as she discusses 'The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth' in our Blackwell Online podcast.
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Ordinarily presented as a self-effacing virgin or sacrificial saint, Dorothy Wordsworth was a talented writer and exceptional woman. She was William Wordsworth's inspiration, aide and most valued reader and traded in a conventional life to share in his world of words. This biography brings Dorothy to life in all her complexity.
Ordinarily presented as a self-effacing virgin or sacrificial saint, Dorothy Wordsworth was a talented writer and exceptional woman. She was William Wordsworth's inspiration, aide and most valued reader and traded in a conventional life to share in his world of words. In her journals, Dorothy kept a record of their idyllic life together. The tale that unfolds through her brief, lyrical entries reveals a strange, intangible love between brother and sister, culminating in Dorothy's dramatic collapse on the day of William's wedding. In her beautifully told biography, Frances Wilson brings Dorothy to life in all her complexity. From the restrained prose of Dorothy's journals, she uncovers the rich emotional life of a woman who suffered the jealousies of a discarded mistress - and eventually insanity.
| ISBN | 0571230482 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9780571230488
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 246 | | Publisher | Faber and Faber | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Faber and Faber | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 126 | | Publication date | 05 Mar 2009 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 823.7 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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