The Carlyles at Home by Thea Holme Paperback Book

Description: The Carlyles at Home by Thea Holme Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This book about Thomas and Jane Carlyles life together at 5 (now 24) Cheyne Row, Chelsea evokes everyday life from the day they moved in, in 1834, until Janes death in 1866. Each of the eleven chapters describes different aspects of the house, a mixture of biography and social history. Publisher Description "The Carlyles at Home" is about Thomas and Jane Carlyles life together at 5 (now 24) Cheyne Row, Chelsea, and was written in the 1960s by a former actress who was then living there as co-custodian of the house with her husband. Thea Holmes book evokes the everyday life of the Carlyles from the day they moved in, in 1834, until Janes death in 1866. The Carlyles dour joy in the daily battle of study and kitchen is the making of Thea Holmes detailed account of housekeeping at Cheyne Row, wrote VS Pritchett in the "New Statesman" in 1965.No stove, cooking by candlelight, a state of civil war about doors and windows: he cant bear them closed, she freezes in the draughts. They are the best letter-writers, born chatterers and reporters who can knock off a scene or a person in a talking phrase. Jane Carlyle gives us Mrs Leigh Hunt continually in and out, borrowing spoons, porridge, even a brass fender, and usually drunkish. Jane screams at Browning for putting a kettle down on her best carpet; tells how an Irish builder falls through the ceiling of her bedroom during alterations; battles with the 32 maids she had in 34 years at GBP 8 a year.She has that innate Scottish gift for the pawky recital of domestic clatter.Jane may have subsumed her life into that of the Sage of Chelsea but, such is the interest nowadays in domestic history and women writers, most twenty-first century readers will be more interested in her life than in her husbands. Each of the eleven chapters, with titles such as The Soundproof Study, Money and The Garden describes a different aspect of life in Cheyne Row, whether it is a a neighbours loud piano-playing or a maid giving birth in the china closet while Mr Carlyle was taking tea in the dining-room with Miss Jewsbury talking to him!!! Just a thin small door between! The open door to this closet is clearly visible in the Robert Tait painting of the two ground-floor rooms beautifully reproduced as the front and back endpapers of the Persephone edition. And because 24 Cheyne Row was bought by The Carlyles House Memorial Trust, and is today run by the National Trust visitors can see the room exactly as it was when it was painted 150 years ago. Details ISBN 1903155223 ISBN-13 9781903155226 Title The Carlyles at Home Author Thea Holme Format Paperback Year 2002 Pages 216 Publisher Persephone Books Ltd GE_Item_ID:628151; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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