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The National Book Critics Circle Award – winning portrait of the Victorian writer and historian Thomas Carlyle A Pulitzer finalist that draws upon years of research and unpublished letters,  Thomas Carlyle  examines the life of the Victorian genius. Carlyle was the author of  Sartor Resartus  and  The French Revolution: A History , and he possessed one of literature’s most flamboyant prose styles. Despite a childhood beset by anxiety and illness, Carlyle was indefatigable in his literary production. Fred Kaplan delves into the author’s intense personal life, which includes his turbulent marriage to author Jane Baillie Welsh and his disillusionment with religion. Kaplan is a devoted and sensitive explicator, vividly resurrecting both Carlyle and his Victorian setting. From The New Yorker "Mr. Kaplan illumines the Victorian era by bringing us into what we feel is the very presence of one of its idols." Review “Mr. Kaplan illumines the Victorian era by bringing us into what we feel is the very presence of one of its idols.” — The New Yorker “An achievement of much merit and a gift to students of the word.” — The Washington Post Book World “The book is masterly. It will be the standa

Author

Fred Kaplan

Publisher

Open Road

Published

2013

Language

EN