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The Great Poets: William Wordsworth
- Narrated by: Jasper Britton, Oliver Ford Davies
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Publisher's Summary
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, in the Lake District. His Lyrical Ballads, written in collaboration with Coleridge, was published in 1798, and shortly afterwards he settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. Inspired in his early manhood by the French Revolution, he grew disillusioned with revolutionary politics and in later life became decidedly conservative. He left a vast body of work, ranging from delicately simple lyrics to deeply meditative odes, with his most fully-realised ambitious work being The Prelude.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-10-2019
A fantastic poet read with vigor and flare
Deeply provocative, an experience from another time and place well described and profoundly felt by narrator. Well done.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-06-2020
outstanding and beautifully presented
listened countless times. I even had the CD but gave it to my friend so I have purchased it on audible too.
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