Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life

Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life

Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life

Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life

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Overview

Charles Kingsley (1819–75) is best remembered today as the author of the children's morality tale The Water Babies. This biography, written by his wife and published in 1877, draws on his letters to describe a man who saw his faith as being central to his life not only as an Anglican priest, but also as a historian, novelist and supporter of social reform. The two-volume work gives insights into the concerns and preoccupations of the intellectual classes of the mid-Victorian period. In Volume 2, Fanny Kingsley gives passionate support to her husband in the notorious controversy with J. H. Newman, provoked by an article in Macmillan's Magazine. Also included is an account of a tour of France, and letters in support of women's suffrage. In summing up his life, his wife writes, 'Many of his dreams – social, sanitary, and others – improbable as they seemed at the time, have been realised …'.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108034845
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/10/2011
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
Pages: 522
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.18(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Birth and parentage; 2. 1830–8. Live at Clovelly; 3. 1838–42. Life at Cambridge; 4. 1842. Reads for Holy Orders; 5. 1842–3. Curate life; 6. 1844–7. Marriage; 7. 1848. Publication of Saint's Tragedy; 8. 1849. Winter in Devonshire; 9. 1850–1. Resigns the office of clerk in orders at Chelsea; 10. 1851. Letters on university reform and teetotalism; 11. 1852. Strike in the iron-trade; 12. 1853. The rector in his church; 13. 1854. Torquay; 14. 1855. Bideford; 15. 1856. Winter at Farley Court.
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