Here you will find a perspective on the 19th century like no other, through the words of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. Browse over 10,000 of their collected letters by date, by recipient, by subject, and by volume. We invite you to explore a correspondence that features some of the most influential artistic, philosophic, and literary personalities of the day.

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Duke University Press is proud to present this digital archive based on the Duke-Edinburgh edition of The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. To learn more about the history and development of both projects, please read The Online Project and The Printed Edition. If you would like background information on the Carlyles, you can learn more here.



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I rose at half after seven; early enough in all conscience for a November morning! It was rough weather both without and within—one of those mornings in which “the Devil” is requested to “fly away” with things, and does at all events fly away with one's whole comfort! . . . Read Letter