Gunn, Elizabeth. A Passion for the Particular. Dorothy Wordsworth: A Portrait. London: Victor Gollancz, 1981.
Dust-jacket: “. . . The facts of Dorothy’s life (1771–1855) are well known, but some facets of her character less so. Though she shared the hardships as well as the exaltation of her brother’s early years at Racedown, Alfoxden, Grasmere, and was the mainstay of his family after he married in 1802, hers was never a passive role: she was no mere handmaiden to poets . . . but a full partner in William’s activities and his eventual poetic triumph, and was often the dominant moral force in their daily existence.”
Copy: Library of Congress.
Dorothy Wordsworth 