{"product_id":"9780571366231-the-ballad-of-dorothy-wordsworth","title":"The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning biography of Wordsworth's beloved sister, champion, muse who was at the heart of the Romantic movement in Britain - reissued to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Dorothy's birth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Genius .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning biography of Wordsworth's beloved sister, champion, muse who was at the heart of the Romantic movement in Britain - reissued to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Dorothy's birth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Genius . Its own kind of heaven.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A most beautiful, deep, and humble study of incredibly complex people.'\u003c\/b\u003e Oliver Sacks \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Wordsworth is an enigma.\u003c\/b\u003e William's beloved sister was his muse, champion, and most valued reader. She is mythologised as a self-effacing spinster and saintly amanuensis, yet Thomas De Quincey described her as 'all fire and ardour'.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDorothy sacrificed a traditional life to share in her brother's world of words. In her \u003cb\u003eGrasmere Journals\u003c\/b\u003e, she vividly recorded their intimate life together in the\u003cb\u003e Lake District\u003c\/b\u003e, marked by a startling freedom from social convention. The tale that unfolds in her brief, electric entries reveals an intense bond between siblings, culminating in Dorothy's collapse on William's wedding day - after which the woman who once strode the hills in all weathers retreated inside the house for the last three decades of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her \u003cb\u003emagisterial biography, Frances Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e uses the compressed emotion of Dorothy's journals to evoke the rich interior world of a\u003cb\u003e woman determined to live on her own terms \u003c\/b\u003e- one who deserves her own place in the history of the \u003cb\u003eRomantic \u003c\/b\u003emovement\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Intelligent and intriguing . A portrait of a peculiar, passionate, yet meticulous woman which is hauntingly strange.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Passion is the keynote of Wilson's fine biography . Brims with the personality of [an] extraordinary woman . Thrilling.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This beautiful, wise biography draws Dorothy from her hiding places. She emerges as a passionate figure.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping . Bold, witty, scholarly and speculative.'\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Drabble\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536514326902,"sku":"9780571366231","price":9.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40031207.jpg?v=1774289123","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571366231-the-ballad-of-dorothy-wordsworth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}