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title: "A Life in Letters"
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# A Life in Letters

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## Description

William Wordsworth is usually remembered as the quintessential Victorian Poet Laureate: a dull, worthy, establishment figure, with impeccable middle class, Tory, Anglican credentials, whose moralistic poetry has been required reading for generations of yawning school children. Yet there is so much more to Wordsworth than Daffodils and The Prelude . This selection of letters and autobiographical fragments introduces us to the real Wordsworth: the rebellious schoolboy, who vandalised his family portraits, became a supporter of the French Revolution and fathered an illegitimate daughter in France; the radical poet whose flouting of the conventions of the day attracted the ridicule of the reviewers and forced him to endure thirty years of rejection, obscurity and financial hardship before achieving belated critical and popular success; the devoted brother, husband and father who could still write passionate love letters to his wife after ten years of marriage and the birth of five children; and, finally, the revered patriarch whose poetry formed the hearts and minds of a generation, whose opinions were sought by writers, politicians, churchmen and educationalists throughout the English speaking world, but who thought nothing of vaulting walls, skating on the Lakes or climbing Helvellyn even in his seventies.

Review: One to plough through! - A departure from Juliet Barker's usual easy going style. Still remarkably informative like The Bronte's but feel this is rather heavy going.
Review: An excellent biography - This is very readable and informative. It interweaves his life and poetry very effectively. My only criticism of this edition is that the print is very small and a strain upon the eyes.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 365,930 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 834 in Criticism on Poetry & Poets 1,628 in Biographies on Novelist & Playwrights 2,541 in Essays, Journals & Letters |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 27 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One to plough through!
*by M***Y on 8 March 2021*

A departure from Juliet Barker's usual easy going style. Still remarkably informative like The Bronte's but feel this is rather heavy going.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An excellent biography
*by M***N on 19 January 2010*

This is very readable and informative. It interweaves his life and poetry very effectively. My only criticism of this edition is that the print is very small and a strain upon the eyes.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant
*by D***E on 3 July 2019*

A fantastic piece of work. It brings the poet truly to life.

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*Last updated: 2026-09-23*