This book is the representative work of Dorothy Wordsworth, the famous English diarist and sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth. It is a masterpiece of natural scenery written not for publication, accurately recording the life of three years that she lived in the Lake District with her brother, showing the background of the birth of William Wordsworth's famous poems and how the author promoted Romantic literature.
Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth was an English poet and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and the two were close for all of their lives. Dorothy Wordsworth did not set out to be an author, and her writings comprise a series of letters, diary entries, and short stories.
She also edited much of William’s work. She was one of two people he attributed to the development of his intellect. Without her he would never have achieved such poetic heights.