Catherine Simmonds and Gini Astley presented Poetic readings and original music inspired by the journals Dorothy Wordsworth kept at Alfoxden and Dove Cottage. How did their time in Dorset help shape both William and Dorothy as writers?
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Catherine Simmonds and Gini Astley presented Poetic readings and original music inspired by the journals Dorothy Wordsworth kept at Alfoxden and Dove Cottage. How did their time in Dorset help shape both William and Dorothy as writers?