ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the name of Wordsworth’s wife?
A
Annette Vallon
B
Ann Cookson
C
Catherine James
D
Mary Hutchinson
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hutchinson, Mary (1770-1859) Mary Wordsworth, born Hutchinson, was the wife of the poet William Wordsworth. William and Mary had known each other since childhood and married on 4 October 1802 at Brompton in Yorkshire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marriage and children On 4 October, following his visit with Dorothy to France to arrange matters with Annette, Wordsworth married his childhood friend Mary Hutchinson.

Detailed explanation-3: -He took walking tours in Italy and Switzerland and became obsessed with the radical ideas of the French Revolution. In 1791 he met and fell in love with Annette Villon, and, promising to marry her, fathered a child, Caroline. But the Reign of Terror in France forced him to return to England.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dorothy Mae Ann Wordsworth (25 December 1771 – 25 January 1855) was an English author, poet, and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and the two were close all their adult lives.

Detailed explanation-5: -William and Mary married on the 4th October 1802. Together they had five children John, Dora, Thomas, Catherine and William.

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