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.
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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.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 698 ● ISBN 9781411463011 ● Dimensione 0.6 MB ● Età 99-17 anni ● Casa editrice Barnes & Noble ● Pubblicato 2011 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5864496 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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