Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Thomas Carlyle

Overview

Distinguished critic and essayist Thomas Carlyle turns his keen intellect to a range of subjects in this collection of nine essays. This second volume includes “The Diamond Necklace,” a fiction piece about Marie Antoinette’s famous necklace; “Parliamentary History of the French Revolution,” and “The Opera,” among other selected pieces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411463011
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	09/06/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	698
File size:	549 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian, satirist, and political thinker. He became influential for Victorians because his writing reflected Calvinist values but also a loss of faith, which paralleled the community’s changing scientific and political views.