Jane Welsh Carlyle and her Victorian world
Subtitle: a story of love, work, marriage, and friendship
By: Kathy Chamberlain
Publisher: Abrams Press; OVERLOOK
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781468314205
Subjects: Women intellectuals; Intellectuals; Authors' spouses; Biography
Description: "Hailed by Virginia Woolf as one of the all-time great letter writers, Jane Welsh Carlyle, wife of Victorian literary celebrity Thomas Carlyle, has been much overlooked. In this compelling new biography, [...] Kathy Chamberlain brings Jane out of her husband's shadow, focusing on Carlyle as a remarkable woman and writer in her own right." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.