JANE WELSH CARLYLE AND HER VICTORIAN WORLD

BY KATHY CHAMBERLAIN OVERLOOK PRESS

£25.00

Hailed as one of the great letter-writers, and praised by Virginia Woolf, Jane Welsh Carlyle was the Scottish wife of essayist Thomas Carlyle. Friendly with legends like Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell, she remained largely unknown, something Chamberlain seeks to rectify. Her rich letters recorded her lavish Chelsea lifestyle, as well as her struggle to balance literary aspirations and duties as a Victorian wife.