11 Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle
Early Kings of Norway
Latter-Day Pamphlets
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
On the Choice of Books
Past and Present
Sartor Resartus
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, , Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
Shall Turkey Live or Die
The French Revolution
The Life of Friedrich Schiller
The Life of John Sterling
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.
Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.
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