Andrew Motion hails Frances Wilson's The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth, a subtle and iconoclastic life of Wordsworth's brilliant and devoted sister.
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A controversial book due out in March raises again the relationship between Wordsworth and his sister. The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by...
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Dorothy Wordsworth walked up Scafell Pike at at time when women were encouraged to sit quietly on drawing room furniture.
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I was in the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere on Friday 30th August to see the Wordsworth Trust's fascinating exhibition, “Dorothy Wordsworth:...
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The author shares works by Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Wordsworth and Ross Gay.
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Wordsworth and Barker's climb of Scafell Pike was not simply a mountain climb, but a rebellious act that opened up mountains – and mountaineering – for...
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An exhibition exploring the life of Dorothy Wordsworth, the sister of literary figure William Wordsworth, is to open at the Victoria Gallery & Museum (VG&M).
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In her latest book, “Undersong,” the multi-award-nominated, Montreal-based Winter richly reimagines the lost years of the esteemed nature writer Dorothy...
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200 years ago, on October 7 th , 1818, Dorothy Wordsworth climbed England's tallest peak, Scafell Pike, with her friend, Mary Barker.
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She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love, and thought, and joy.
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