Selections from Carlyle: Sartor Resartus; The French Revolution; Past and Present

by Charles Carlyle, Thomas; Hemingway, Samuel B.; Seymour

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian, cultural critic, and leading man of English letters during the Victorian era, published "Past and Present, "one of his most influential works, in 1843. Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s--closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor--"Past and Present "aimed to lead readers toward a "conversion experience" in order to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192501534
• ISBN13: 9780192501530
• Release Date: January 1915
• Publisher: D. C. Heath and Company
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.