The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

"The French Revolution: A History" by Thomas Carlyle is a three-volume work published in 1837. This dramatic chronicle traces the French Revolution from 1789 through the Reign of Terror to 1795. Written in an unprecedented style that places readers directly into revolutionary Paris, Carlyle employs present-tense narration and poetic prose to transform historical events into visceral experience. The work broke from traditional historiography, treating history as epic poetry rather than detached analysis, and profoundly influenced figures from Dickens to Wilde. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Title The French Revolution: A History
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Revolution:_A_History
Credits Sue Asscher and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco
Subject France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Subject France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793
Category Text
eBook-No. 1301
Release Date
Last Update Feb 8, 2025
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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