A walk through history

An amazing listen. It was so relaxing to listen to. I'm amazed how ill everyone was all the time back then.

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Captivating.

This is beautifully read with a gentle captivating cadence. This journal inspired me. It was so good I bought a paper copy. I shall listen to this more than once.

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sublime

love this , beautiful, restful, absorbing, quirky and breathtaking, the narration is literally the best ever , a wonderful book to listen to when resting at night

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Relaxing and delightful

This is a beautiful book in which Dorothy Wordsworth notes down the everyday details of her life in the countryside at the beginning of the nineteenth century. How lovely to hear the happy innocent words of a contented person. The first chapter gives a very helpful introduction to set everything in context. The narration is perfect as is the sound quality. Emma Fielding has a lovely accent, warm and gentle, perfect for this book. The introduction at the beginning and the poems at the end are read by Kenneth Cranham and Alex Jennings; these are beautifully read and I think that even people (like me) who don’t usually like poetry will enjoy them. Amazon gave me this audiobook free of charge but it is definitely worth buying. I will listen to it over and over again.

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Excellent Narration by Emma Fielding

The journals provide an insight into the domestic household life of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. And there is a certain amount of charm to the everyday. This seemed to consist of much walking, visiting, writing letters, sleeping (often at very odd times!), and sitting in the garden or orchard. Both Dorothy and William regularly suffered from various ailments, in fact, on an almost daily basis.
Due to the lack of any real depth to people's characters or thoughts and feelings apart from the pleasure of the landscape. At times the daily details can become somewhat tedious. I felt no wiser about Coleridge or William or Dorothy Wordsworth because it is thoughts feelings peccadilloes that bring a person's character to life.

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Comforting and charming diary of the everyday

A comforting, calming diary of the Wordsworth's domestic life.

It is a diary of the everyday and of routine - taking a walk, collecting and sending letters, receiving guests and drinking tea, household tasks. There is rarely a dramatic event, and on the surface there is little in terms of personal depth. However, over the diaries we see Dorothy's devotion to her brother William, and various friends, through her everyday support and activity.

Emma Fielding's narration is perfect, and the accents she scatters across the reading are done well.

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Beautifully narrated

This is a wonderfully relaxing reading. The narration and description of country life conjure up beautiful images

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So gentle

You can hear Dorothy Wordsworth enjoying her quiet and pleasant life, a real antidote to today's hectic life.

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Calming and inspiring

This is so beautifully read, and so full of the lovely detailed observance of the natural world, as well as the mundane activities of humdrum life.
The poems at the end of the journal reflect and amplify some of Dorothy’s observations-and whilst acknowledging her great contribution to William’s life and work, show why he is the extraordinary writer and she his admiring supporter.
Their relationship doesn’t seem a ‘normal’ brother/sister connection, but it’s intensity seems to have nourished them both, despite Dorothy’s essential role of pie baker and sock mender to the Great Man, possibly at the expense of her own possibilities. She never for a moment seems to feel anything other than love for him, and their life together.
This was delightful listening .

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Interesting but could have been so much more.....

Having lived in this area for 2.5 years recently, it would have been lovely to have had a more detailed account of life in the Wordworth's time. Such a lost opportunity. Rather repetitive, especially regarding the weather.....Easy listening regarding content and narration but had it not been written by Dorothy Wordsworth it would not have made it into print for dullness.

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