The Carlyles at Home is about Thomas and Jane Carlyle's life together at 5 (now 24) Cheyne Row, Chelsea, and was written in the s by a former actress who was then living there as co-custodian of the house with her husband. Thea Holme's book evokes the everyday life of the Carlyles from the day they moved in, in , until Jane's death in · The Carlyles at Home is about Thomas and Jane Carlyle’s life together at 5 (now 24) Cheyne Row, Chelsea, and was written in the s by a former actress who was then living there as co-custodian of the house with her husband. Thea Holme’s book evokes the everyday life of the Carlyles from the day they moved in, in , until Jane’s death in · Thea Holme. Thea Holme, author of The Carlyles at Home. Thea Holme, the daughter of the architect Philip Johnston, was born in After the Slade she went to the Central School of Drama and, in , made her first stage appearance. In the s she was in repertory at the Oxford Playhouse, with her husband Stanford Holme as producer.
Stanford and Thea Holmes. Theatre producer Stanford Holme became curator of the house and moved there with his wife, the actress Thea Holme in [1] She took up writing, beginning with a book about the lives of Thomas and Jane Carlyle at the house, The Carlyles at Home ().[1][2] References ^ Jump up to: a b "Thea Holme". Thea Holme, author of The Carlyles at Home Thea Holme, the daughter of the architect Philip Johnston, was born in After the Slade she went to the Central School of Drama and, in , made her first stage appearance. In the s she was in repertory at the Oxford Playhouse, with her husband Stanford Holme as pro. Yet the experiment was a success: Holme was a superior writer, and this short study of the Carlyles' lives at their home for over thirty years draws you thoroughly into its world of fighting with noisy neighbors, managing funds, and caring for small pets.
What Thea Holme did was extraordinary. The voluminous correspondence the Carlyles left behind is daunting to get through. It is volumes not slim folios and the letters criss-cross madly over the years between Thomas and Jane, Thomas and literary friends, Jane and Thomas’ friends, Jane and family, etc. The Carlyles at Home evokes everyday life from the day the Carlyles moved in, in , until Jane's death in Each of the eleven chapters describes different aspects of the house, whether it is yet another builders' drama 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!!!. www.doorway.ru: The Carlyles at Home () by Holme, Thea and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.
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