Author: James Anthony Froude [ed.]
Title: Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
Description: London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this set, comprising the letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle, annotated by her husband and leading Victorian writer, Thomas Carlyle. The first edition of this set, complete in three volumes. Uniformly rebound in a contemporary full cloth.Containing the correspondence of Jane Welsh Carlyle, a Scottish writer who, although having no published works in her lifetime, is now widely recognised as an extraordinary letter writer. Her letters helped growing acceptance and critical recognition of the literary form, and are regarded as a comprehensive literary archive of the nineteenth century.Prepared for publication and with annotations by her husband, Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish essayist, historian, and leading writer of the Victorian era. Edited by James Anthony Froude, an English historian who was inspired by Thomas Carlyle in his often fiercely polemical writings, earning him a number of outspoken opponents.  In a uniformed contemporary rebind with full cloth. Externally, very smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Endpapers are age toned, otherwise pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle Correspondence James Anthony Froude Letters Correspondence None


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