About this book
In the prefatory advertisement to the First Edition of the Prelude, 1850, it is stated that that poem was designed to be introductory to the Recluse, and that the Recluse, if completed, would have consisted of three parts. The second part is the Excursion. The third part was only planned. The first book of the first part was left in manuscript by Wordsworth. It is now (1888) published for the first time in extenso. (Summary from the Preface)
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- 1The Recluse (pages 1-18)15:32 · read by Audio Andrea
- 2The Recluse (pages 19-36)15:01 · read by Audio Andrea
- 3The Recluse (pages 37-54)17:06 · read by Audio Andrea
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