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Jane Baillie Carlyle (née Welsh; 14 July 1801 – 21 April 1866) was a Scottish writer and the wife of Thomas Carlyle. She did not publish any work in her lifetime, but she was widely seen as an extraordinary letter writer.
Learn about the life and work of Jane Welsh Carlyle, the wife of the 19th-century writer Thomas Carlyle. Explore her letters, her literary circle, her health and her legacy in Haddington.
Name variations: Jane Welsh Baillie; Jane Baillie Welsh; Mrs. Thomas Carlyle; known by close friends and family as Jeannie. Born Jane Baillie Welsh on July 14, 1801, in Haddington, near Edinburgh, Scotland; died in London on April 21, 1866; daughter of John Welsh (a country doctor) and Grace Baillie (Welsh) Welsh (despite the same last name, ...
2 de out. de 2018 · Jane Welsh Carlyle (from the miniature by Kenneth Macleay, painted July 1826) Jane had two primary reservations about marrying Carlyle: that their differences — of class, of means, of ambitions — were too vast, and that a life of domesticity would keep her from actualizing herself as a writer.
Explore the digital archive of the Carlyle letters, a perspective on the 19th century through the words of two influential writers and thinkers. Browse thousands of letters by date, recipient, subject, and volume, and learn about the history and development of the project.
Of the women discussed in this volume, Jane Welsh Carlyle, is perhaps the most private and the least public. Her world revolved round the home, husband, and the minutiae of everyday life, rather than the dramatic arenas of political struggle and women's rights.
Jane Welsh Carlyle’s life, similarly misunderstood, has been read as a maudlin tragedy of Victorian sexual politics, abused by an uncaring, narcissistic husband more interested in preserving his Victorian reputation than in exhibiting kindness to his Victorian wife. Envisioning a More Human Legacy
