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A review by chluless
The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth
3.5
Read in 48 hours for a uni seminar, and I was both surprised and incredibly pleased by how funny Dorothy Wordsworth is. I love her dry disapproval of the hungover priest at their small town funeral, her criticism of Lamb's play for almost everything but the character Margaret, and her recurring fear of cows.
The text itself jumps between mundane details of daily life, to beautifully evocative imagery of the Lake District, and recorded tales from servants, sailors, and beggars (with dialects preserved).
Burrowed in the walks and fireside evenings are glimpses of Dorothy Wordsworth as an editor & creative collaborator, alongside details familiar to readers of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor-Coleridge's work.
But no matter how limited her journal audience was intended to be, I have to wonder how many little 'I have forgotten' entries are purely performative.
I guess we will never know.
The text itself jumps between mundane details of daily life, to beautifully evocative imagery of the Lake District, and recorded tales from servants, sailors, and beggars (with dialects preserved).
Burrowed in the walks and fireside evenings are glimpses of Dorothy Wordsworth as an editor & creative collaborator, alongside details familiar to readers of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor-Coleridge's work.
But no matter how limited her journal audience was intended to be, I have to wonder how many little 'I have forgotten' entries are purely performative.
I guess we will never know.