Sarah Hutchinson has never been much more than a name, though a name connected with some of the greatest in English literature. The sister of Mrs. Wordsworth, and a member of the Wordsworth household for thirty years, Coleridge's beloved Asra to whom many of his poems were written, Southey's friend and Lamb's, and a guest of the Arnolds at Rugby, she was a member of an interesting circle. For her intimate relations to Wordsworth and Coleridge it has long been apparent that we should like to know her better. Now her letters to members of her family and to friends demonstrate how worthwhile it is to know her for herself as well.

The letters come from the family and from the Wordsworth collection at Dove Cottage and are here printed (almost in full) for the first time.

They show a lively and amusing woman, kind, forthright to the extent of bluntness, especially when she takes up the cudgels in the cause of what she considers truth or justice or human kindness. Coleridge describes her in one apt and characteristic sentence:

'If Sense, Sensibility, Sweetness of Temper, perfect simplicity and unpretending Nature, joined to shrewdness and entertainingness make a valuable Woman, Sara Hutchinson is so.'

Such qualities certainly make a delightful letter-writer.

• We started tracking this book on September 15, 2021.
• This book was £31.19 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 5 times in the past 948 days.
• The current price of this book is £35.99 last checked one day ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £27.54.
• The lowest price to date was £27.54 last reached on August 19, 2022.
• This book has been £27.54 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £42.74 last reached on March 8, 2024.
• This book has been £42.74 one time since we started tracking it.

• Biography & True AccountsWomen

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 614 Pages
• File Size: 5,542 KB