William Wordsworth wrote his sonnet "On the Projected Kendal and Windermere Railway" on October 12, 1844. He was 74-years-old and living in his beloved Lake District of England. Wordsworth revered nature and his peaceful home, Dove Cottage. He fiercely objected to the advancement of the railway to the area and wrote a poem, letters, and eventually collected them into a pamphlet. The poem was originally printed in the Carlisle Journal, which can be seen here.
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The novel Shirley by Charlotte Bronte is at its heart a tale of two women, Shirley and Caroline. Poor Caroline! Abandoned by her mother and trapped by life's circumstances, she seems destined for spinsterhood. In the chapter titled "Old Maids," Caroline laments her fate.
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