Polowetzky, Michael. Prominent Sisters: Mary Lamb, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Sarah Disraeli. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1996.
Publisher’s summary: “This work tells the fascinating story of three talented and energetic 19th-century women: Mary Lamb, Dorothy Wordsworth and Sarah Disraeli. Although little-remembered today, they were widely acknowledged in their own time as important and influential figures in British intellectual and artistic society. . . . Dorothy Wordsworth was not only the sister of the great poet but his lifelong intellectual companion. A noted diarist and critic, Dorothy Wordsworth was one of the founders of modern sociology and a major influence on her brother’s poetry.”
See Part Two: Dorothy Wordsworth — Chapter 3: A Pensive Young Lady”; Chapter 4: “Grasmere and Beyond.”
Copy: Library of Congress.
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