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Tag Archives: Thomas Carlyle Sartor Resartus
thomas and jane: those absorbing tragicomedies
Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle…. It was a disastrous marriage- that is, at least, the conclusion we draw from the Carlyle’s letters. James Anthony Froude, a close friend and the authorof a four volume biography that appeared between 1882 … Continue reading
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Tagged Geraldine Jewsbury, Harriet Martineau, James Anthony Froude, Jane and Thomas Carlyle marriage, Jane Baillie Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Leigh Hunt, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Robert Tait, Rosemary Ashton, Samuel Laurence, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle Sartor Resartus
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among the prince of dandies: lookin’ for homespun dignity
Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Marriage as an “excellent mystery.” Both the Carlyle’s, despite their quirks and prejudices, were fond of entertaining newcomers. Since the publication of Sartor Resartus, Carlyle had become a literary lion, and Jane, for all … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Rees Howell Gronow, Charles Dickens, Comte d'Orsay, Count d'Orsay, George Frederick Watts, Geraldine Jewsbury, Harriet Martineau, Jane and Thomas Carlyle marriage, Lady Ashburton, Leigh Hunt, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Sir George Hayter, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle Sartor Resartus
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odd couple: “excellent mystery”
Marriage is sometimes described in prayer books as an “excellent mystery”; something that cannot help but stimulate the imagination. Every marriage, union, is slightly mysterious , whether the partnership succeeds or fails. There is usually something that escapes analysis. There … Continue reading