THE GRASMERE AND ALFOXDEN JOURNALS

Dorothy Wordsworth may not have had the gift for words that her brother William did, but she was a very good descriptive writer. Sarah Lambie brings her to life with a charming and appropriate Northern English accent. The listener gets a vivid portrait of country life in rural England at the beginning of the nineteenth century and some interesting background on the lives and working habits of the Romantic poets Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Lambie does a wonderful job embodying Dorothy's sorrows and passionate friendships--and her particular joy in noting the beauties of nature as seen on her long walks with her brother. Especially interesting is her description of "a crowd,/a host of golden daffodils," a line from one of her brother's famed poems. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2025]