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Widely recognised as one of the greatest female letter writers in English, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) possessed a famous sense of wit and irony, which, together with her keen observational skills, made her an important literary figure in her own right. This three-volume set of her letters, published in 1883 and annotated throughout by her husband Thomas Carlyle, represents a fine example of the letter-writing genre. The publication of the letters made a significant contribution to a growing acceptance and critical recognition of this often dismissed literary form. Through Jane's correspondence with her family and friends, the reader will be entertained by her amusing descriptions of everyday life, and will gain a revealing insight into the highs and lows of her marriage. Jane's letters were praised by Virginia Woolf for their 'incomparable brilliancy'.… (plus d'informations)
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My dear Miss Barnes, -- How nice of you to have written me a letter, `all out of your own head' (as the children say), and how very nice of you to have remarked the forget-me-not, and read a meaning in it!
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Just the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do. — from letter to Mrs Russell, 23 August 1865
It is not the greatness or littleness of ‘the duty nearest hand’, but the spirit in which one does it, that makes one’s doing noble or mean! ... In the sight of the upper powers, what is the mighty difference between [Benvenuto Cellini’s] statue of Perseus and a loaf of bread, so that each be the thing one’s hand hath found to do? The man’s determined will, his energy, his patience, his resource, were the really admirable things, of which the statue of Perseus was the mere chance expression. — in a letter to Mary Smith; 1857
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Widely recognised as one of the greatest female letter writers in English, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801-1866) possessed a famous sense of wit and irony, which, together with her keen observational skills, made her an important literary figure in her own right. This three-volume set of her letters, published in 1883 and annotated throughout by her husband Thomas Carlyle, represents a fine example of the letter-writing genre. The publication of the letters made a significant contribution to a growing acceptance and critical recognition of this often dismissed literary form. Through Jane's correspondence with her family and friends, the reader will be entertained by her amusing descriptions of everyday life, and will gain a revealing insight into the highs and lows of her marriage. Jane's letters were praised by Virginia Woolf for their 'incomparable brilliancy'.
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