Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (1771 - 1855)

Short name Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth
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First name Dorothy Mae Ann
Birth name Wordsworth
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Date of birth 1771
Date of death 1855
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Sex Female
Place of birth England
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Lived in England
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Related to Mary Wordsworth , William Wordsworth , Maria Jane Jewsbury
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Provisional Notes Rumor of incest between her and William Wordsworth goes back to Thomas de Quincey, who disseminated a local “unnatural tale … of [William] Wordsworth having been intimate with his own sister – The reason for this story having birth seemed to be that Wordsworth was very much in the habit of taking long rambles among the mountains, & romantic scenes near his habitation – his sister, who is also a great walker used very frequently to accompany him … It is Wordsworth’s custom whenever he meets or parts with any of the female part of his own relations to kiss them – This he has frequently done when he has met his sister on her rambles or parted from her and that in roads or on mountains, or elsewhere, without heeding whether he was observed or not” (qtd. Gittings and Manton 105-106). MaOz 5thTrainingSchoolFeb13 Born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. Collaboration/connections with male authors : - William Wordsworth (brother) - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (friend) Had no income of her own, some inheritance only.
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