The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own | Editorial
The Wordsworth Trust has acquired a second home. Cherished authors including George Eliot don’t even have oneInterest in all things Jane Austen remains high, following the celebrations of her 250th anniversary. In September, the museum based in her former home in Chawton, Hampshire, will host a Persuasion festival. But a less obvious beneficiary of this spike in interest is a museum dedicated to two writers she never met: William and Dorothy Wordsworth. The success of the BBC television series The…
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