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William Wordsworth's 250th anniversary marked with mass readings

Written By Unknown on Monday, April 27, 2020 | 1:19 AM

Stephen Fry and Brian Cox have joined descendants of the great Romantic and members of the public to record a host of his poems

Stephen Fry and Brian Cox’s sonorous tones can be heard declaiming William Wordsworth’s The World Is Too Much With Us, Caroline Quentin is reading the Romantic poet’s Lines Written in Early Spring, and William H Macy has taken on his She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways.

A host of actors and celebrities have jumped at the chance to record their favourite Wordsworth poems to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth, with the poet’s descendants now appealing to the public to send in their own readings to help them build a living archive of his writing online.

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