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  2. Paper: Wordsworth 250
  3. Unit: William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth, The Prelude (London, 1850)

External links

Podcast: 'The Prelude', In Our Time
See more from 'The Prelude' in the online Wordsworth exhibition by St John's College, Cambridge

Commentary

William Wordsworth, The Prelude (London, 1850)
Collection: 
Winchester College Collections

The Prelude is Wordsworth’s poetical autobiography. He began writing it in 1798, at the age of 28, and returned to it throughout his life. This is a copy of the first edition, published three months after Wordsworth’s death.