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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. French Revolution. New York : Modern Library, 2002 (OCoLC)606836275 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Carlyle |
| ISBN: | 0375760229 9780375760228 |
| OCLC Number: | 30375157 |
| Notes: | "Complete and unabridged"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Description: | xliii; 798 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Biographical note -- Introduction / John D. Rosenberg -- The French Revolution. Thomas Carlyle -- Chronological summary of the French Revolution -- Part 1 : The Bastille. Death of Louis XV -- The paper age -- The Parlement of Paris -- States-General -- The Third Estate -- Consolidation -- The insurrection of women -- Part 2 : The constitution. The Feast of Pikes -- Nanci -- The Tuileries -- Varennes -- Parliament first -- The Marseillese -- Part 3 : The guillotine. September -- Regicide -- The Girondins -- Terror -- Terror the order of the day -- Thermidor -- Vendemiaire. |
| Series Title: | Modern Library classics. |
| Responsibility: | Thomas Carlyle ; introduction by John D. Rosenberg. |
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Abstract:
The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, The French Revolution is "one of the grand poems of [Carlyle's] century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulously rooted in historical fact." - Publisher.
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