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Wordsworth’s ‘Boat Stealing’

Professor Simon Bainbridge introduces Wordsworth's "boat stealing" episode.

In the next few steps, we are going to concentrate on one of the most important ‘spots of time’ in The Prelude, generally known as the ‘boat stealing’ episode.

Watch this video, in which Professor Simon Bainbridge introduces the episode. This includes a dramatisation of Wordsworth’s adventure.

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