The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: January-December 1850 [Hardcover]

Clyde de L. Ryals (Author), Kenneth J. Fielding (Author), Ian Campbell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0822319861 | ISBN-13: 978-0822319863 | Publication Date: October 1, 1997

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle offer a window onto the lives of two of the Victorian world’s most accomplished, perceptive, and unusual inhabitants. Scottish writer and historian Thomas Carlyle and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle, attracted to them a circle of foreign exiles, radicals, feminists, revolutionaries, and major and minor writers from across Europe and the United States. The collection is regarded as one of the finest and most comprehensive literary archives of the nineteenth century.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I have no doubt at all that this mammoth editorial task is very well worth doing, and it is being done extremely well. The Carlyles were extraordinary human beings and, as it happens, extraordinarily good letter-writers. Their letters give a uniquely valuable view not only of their life together, but also of the wider lives of all those, high and low, whom they attracted, repelled and - in the pages of their letters - impaled." - Rosemary Ashton, London Review of Books "These letters, new and old, reveal much about the lives, attitudes, and activities of the Carlyles, surely one of the most fascinating couples of the Victorian era." - Joel J. Brattin, Nineteenth-Century Prose "Such is the charm and intellectual vitality of both Carlyles that one can dip into the letters almost at random and still be captivated." - Nineteenth-Century Literature "So powerful were the Carlyles' skills of letter-writing that they still evoke, clearly, a part of everyday life in Victorian England better than any history could; and lace it with gossip and human trivia that give the casual reader or the serious student of Carlyle a truly three-dimensional picture of his and Jane's life." - Simon Heffer, The Spectator "The editing of The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle has been praised many times before and I can only add to the chorus." - Daniel Kerlin, Times Literary Supplement

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Duke University Press Books (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822319861
• ISBN-13: 978-0822319863
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,850,353 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)