Home at Grasmere: the Wordsworths and the Lakes
London : Collins & Brown, 1993. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked dust wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457959
ISBN: 1855851113
Physical description: 160 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 20 x 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 160) and index. Contents: 1770-1799. Prelude to the lakes -- 1799-1801. Dove cottage: arrival at Grasmere -- 1802. Dove cottage: the great creative year -- 1803-1805. Dove cottage: love and friendship -- 1806-1808. Dove cottage: the circle widens -- 1808-1810. Allan Bank: the break with Coleridge begins -- 1811-1812. Grasmere rectory: a year of tragedies -- 1813-1850. Rydal Mount: sage of the lakes -- In the footsteps of Wordsworth in the lakes -- Family and friends. Subjects: Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 - Homes and haunts - England - Grasmere. Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855 - Homes and haunts - England - Grasmere. Poets, English - 19th century - Biography. Grasmere (England) - Intellectual life - 19th century. Lake District (England) - Biography.
Price: €10.95