Moral Desperado by Simon Heffer

Moral Desperado by Simon Heffer

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A biography of the 19th-century writer Thomas Carlyle. The author draws extensively on the correspondence between Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane.

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Moral Desperado by Simon Heffer

Thomas Carlyle's reputation has been in gentle decline in recent years. In this new biography, Simon Heffer re-establishes his relevance to our age as well as showing why it is impossible to comprehend the Victorian period without understanding Carlyle. Using new material which has become available - especially the complete correspondence of Thomas and Jane Carlyle - Simon Heffer establishes Jane Carlyle as one of the finest letter writers of the 19th century and her husband not far behind her. Carlyle's early religious problems are examined, his intense friendships, his courtship and marriage to Jane, as well as his relations with the leading figures of his time - John Stuart Mill, Dickens, Froude, Ruskin and Tennyson.
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ISBN 13 9780297815648
ISBN 10 0297815644
Title Moral Desperado
Author Simon Heffer
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1995-03-23
Number of pages 500
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.