Evidence: | Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, about how she spent Saturday, 23 January 1802: '[after walking in cold] O how comfortable and happy we felt ourselves, sitting by our own fire ... We talked about the Lake of Como, read in the Descriptive Sketches, looked about us, and felt that we were happy.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Jan 1802 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Dove Cottage, Grasmere | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reading Group: | William and Dorothy Wordsworth |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writers |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Wordsworth |
Title: | Descriptive Sketches |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 2905 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Editor: | Helen Darbishire | |
Title: | Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1958 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 104 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Dorothy Wordsworth, Helen Darbishire (ed.), Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth (London, 1958), p. 104, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2905, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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