Thomas Carlyle: 121 books

Thomas Carlyle undertook this biography of his friend, the British author John Sterling (1806–1844), because he was so dissatisfied with an earlier biography of Sterling by Julius Charles Hare. Sterling was an ordained curate at Hurstmonceux, but retired and began writing. His highest literary achievements...

The trust of editing the following Correspondence, committed to me several years since by the writers, has been of easy fulfilment. The whole Correspondence, so far as it is known to exist, is here printed, with the exception of a few notes of introduction, and one or two essentially duplicate letters....

The COMPLETE works of Ralph Waldo Emerson All of the Essays, All of the Poems, All of the Letters! In one Great Collection! Ralph Waldo Emerson's genius is celebrated on several counts. Firstly his essays have come to be revered for their astonishing perspicacity and insight, with...

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...

Contents: 1. Autobiography and On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill 2. Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh, and Sir Walter Scott, by Thomas Carlyle Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)

Thomas Carlyle was a 19th century Scottish philosopher and historian.  Carlyle was also one of the great social commentators of his time.  This edition of Latter-Day Pamphlets includes a table of contents.

Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish philosopher and satirical writer.  Carlyle was one of the most influential social commentators of the Victorian era and he was also a prolific author of history books.  This edition of Life of Friedrich Schiller includes a table of contents.

Here is Carlyle's new poem, his Iliad of English woes, to follow his poem on France, entitled the History of the French Revolution. In its first aspect it is a political tract, and since Burke, since Milton, we have had nothing to compare with it. It grapples honestly with the facts lying before all...

Thomas Carlyle was a 19th century Scottish philosopher and historian.  Carlyle was also one of the great social commentators of his time.  This edition of Past and Present includes a table of contents.

The article began as a devil's advocate work with the aim of challenging what Carlyle perceived to be a hypocritical philanthropic movement for the emancipation of West Indian slaves. It is important to note that in this context, devil's advocate refers not to a sarcastic overtone but to...

This 1869 miscellany of articles, letters, and speeches by and about Carlyle highlights his restless intellect and wide-ranging interests. The volume begins; “The general belief that Carlyle is a gloomy misanthrope…is quite an error.” Contents include “Goethe and Carlyle,” “Preface to Emerson’s Essays,” “Advice to a Young Man,” and more.

This edition is the first to present the text as it originally appeared, indicating the changes Carlyle made to later editions. Appendices contain Carlyle's own extensive commentaries on his work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature...

One of the most vital and pregnant books in our modern literature, “Sartor Resartus” is also, in structure and form, one of the most daringly original. It defies exact classification. It is not a philosophic treatise. It is not an autobiography. It is not a romance. Yet in a sense it is all these...

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