The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth

A “sensitive and elegantly written” biography of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister and muse of the Romantic English poet William Wordsworth ( Publishers Weekly ). “[A] highly charged and forthright biography. . . . A ‘perpetual third party,’ Dorothy Wordsworth finally steps out of the shadows in this assured and involving reclamation of an intriguing, literary figure.” — Booklist (starred review) Described by the writer and opium addict Thomas De Quincey as “the very wildest . . . person I have ev