
This book is available to read until 23rd April, 2026
- 384 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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William Wordsworth
About this book
More than any other poet, Wordsworth was his own biographer, telling his story through his verse. This work on his life and times, first published in 1980, remains the only full-length popular biography. It draws on the letters and diaries of Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, and of their contemporaries Coleridge and Southey. Author Hunter Davies also taps his own knowledge of the Lake District, which featured so strongly in Wordsworth life, to present a complete portrait of England's best-known poet.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prologue
- 1 Cockermouth and Penrith: 1770-1779
- 2 Hawkshead: 1779-1787
- 3 Cambridge: 1787-1790
- 4 France: 1791-1792
- 5 Mainly London: 1793-1795
- 6 West Country: 1795-1798
- 7 Germany and Lyrical Ballads: 1798-1799
- 8 Dove Cottage: 1800-1802
- 9 Dorothy and Wedded Bliss: 1802
- 10 Scotland: 1803
- 11 A Death in the Family: 1805
- 12 Coleridge Returns: 1806-1808
- 13 The Great Estrangement: 1808-1813
- 14 Fine Folks: 1813-1817
- 15 Politics and Poems: 1815-1818
- 16 Mary, Dorothy and the Children: 1813-1820
- 17 Friends and Relations: 1813-1820
- 18 Fame: 1820-1830
- 19 Troubles and Triumphs: 1830-1843
- 20 Mellow Moods: 1840-1847
- 21 Last Days: 1847-1850
- 22 Postscript
- The Family Tree of William Wordsworth
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright