Thomas Carlyle

by Ian Campbell

A biographical study of the great Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle, and his transformation from the Sage of Ecclefechan to the Sage of Chelsea. It tells of family and intellectual influences on Carlyle's ethical outlook, and the interaction between him and the strong personality of his
wife.

36 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Ian Campbell was educated in Switzerland and Scotland. He is emeritus Professor of Scottish and Victorian Literature at the University of Edinburgh and has wide interests in Scottish fiction of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

He is the author of biographical works on Thomas Carlyle as was associate editor of the Duke-Edinburgh edition of the Carlyle Letters. His Kailyard was published in 1981, and a re-issue of J.M. Barrie's A Window in Thrums in 2005.

Reviews

[Brenda Clough · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a cogent and thorough summary of Carlyle's life.