A Packet of Letters


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In an age of great and copious letter writers, there was no more interesting letter writer than John Henry Newman. The 155 letters presented here--a sample drawn from the complete Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman--show the great range of the preacher's mind, his many interests, and the wide circle of his correspondents (which included the great and famous as well as unknown people seeking counsel). Newman is revealed in the letters to be a complex personality: affectionate and shy, deeply spiritual and also practical, ascetic yet appreciative of life and friendship. Both those familiar and new to his work will find Newman's letters fascinating.







John Henry Newman


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John Henry Newman was one of the most eminent of Victorians and an intellectual pioneer for an age of doubt and unsettlement. His teaching transformed the Victorian Church of England, yet many still want to know more of Newman's personal life. Newman's printed correspondence runs to 32 volumes, and John Henry Newman: A Portrait in Letters offers a way through the maze. Roderick Strange has chosen letters that illustrate not only the well-known aspects of Newman's personality, but also those in which elements that may be less familiar are on display. There are letters to family and friends, and also terse letters laced with anger and sarcasm. The portrait has not been airbrushed. This selection of letters presents a rounded picture, one in which readers will meet Newman as he really was and enjoy the pleasure of his company. As Newman himself noted, 'the true life of a man is in his letters'.













The Correspondence of John Henry Hobart


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The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman


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'In the spring of 1839 my position in the Anglican Church was at its height', Newman wrote. The editorship of the British Critic consumed a vast amount of time, but the increased sales encouraged him. The Tracts were selling fast and finding a warmer reception. The Episcopal Charge of 1838 behind him, Newman ignored calls to subscribe to a Martyrs Memorial as a matter of party interest, insisting: 'I have never felt, never acted as having a party'.