Frances Wilson writes about William Wordsworth's sister in "The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life." Dorothy, who never married, devoted her life to her brother. She walked the English countryside with him, entertained his friends (William Wilberforce and Coleridge, for example) and kept journals on which Wilson bases the book. Dorothy seemed to always be the third person, traveling to Europe with Coleridge and Wordsworth and on Wordsworth's honeymoon with wife Mary. The book is a joy to read especially for those of you who have visited Dove cottage.
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