{"product_id":"2026770001820-secondhand-reminiscences","title":"Reminiscences","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of Victorian autobiography and memoir, Reminiscences presents Thomas Carlyle's deeply personal reflections on the most formative relationships and experiences of his long literary life. Written with raw emotional candor in the aftermath of his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle's death in 1866, the work chronicles his grief and admiration for her, alongside vivid portraits of towering intellectual figures such as Edward Irving and Francis Jeffrey. Carlyle's prose, characteristically intense and morally earnest, transforms personal memory into a vehicle for broader meditations on genius, friendship, and the passage of time. The result is a work that stands as both a testament to lost companionship and an invaluable document of the Victorian literary world, illuminating the private man behind one of the era's most formidable public voices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48839384170715,"sku":"2026770001820-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/179dd536-19b4-4e31-91c6-935076da44c0.png?v=1780561160","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770001820-secondhand-reminiscences","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}