Alan and Mary McQueen Simpson introduce this selection from Jane
Carlyle's letters with an assessment of her character, her marriage
to 'my Man of Genius' Thomas Carlyle and her art of letter writing.
The letters are arranged in sections corresponding to the main
themes in her life. The selection begins with the strange,
prolonged courtship; portraits, conscious and unconscious, of
herself and her husband follow; much is about running the Chelsea
house at 5 Cheyne Row, protecting Carlyle from noise, neighbours
and bedbugs; a whole section is devoted to a Dickensian succession
of mostly awful servants; another is about her 'outings' -
including a deeply poignant account of her return to her childhood
home; another deals with Carlyle's infatuation with Lady Ashburton
as well as Jane's 'puddling health' and her recovery. This is a
book to read right through with riveted enjoyment. It is one of the
most fascinating correspondences in the English language.
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