The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson: Volume III: 1871-1892

Tennyson's correspondence during the last 20 years of his life is arranged in this volume. It describes his becoming a peer, and the publication of several of his dramas and letters to and from personalities of the day, such as Edward Fitzgerald, Gladstone and Browning.

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This third and final volume of The Letters of Alfred Lord Tennyson, the first collected edition, is notable for the light it throws on Tennyson's efforts as a dramatist and on his interactions with the leading theatre managers, actresses, and actors of the day, especially Henry Irving. The letters reveal his relations with many fellow-authors and literary men, both British and American. An important thread in the volume is his close association with Gladstone; and an extensive correspondence with the Australian, Sir Henry Parkes, reflects his continuing interest in the Empire. The volume ends with his death in 1892. To complete the edition a comprehensive index has been prepared, covering all three volumes.

Previous volumes have been warmly praised by critics: