Thomas Carlyle

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born

December 04, 1795 in Ecclefechan (Dumfries and Galloway), The United Kingdom

died

February 05, 1881

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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.

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Average rating: 3.72 · 742 ratings · 68 reviews · 401 distinct works

	Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle, Kerry McSweeney (Editor), Peter Sabor (Editor) 3.53 avg rating — 250 ratings — published 1834 — 50 editions	My rating:
	The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle, John Rosenberg (Introduction), John D. Rosenberg (Introduction) 3.97 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1837 — 94 editions	My rating:
	On Heroes And Hero Worship And The Heroic In History 3.64 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1841 — 45 editions	My rating:
	Past and Present 3.49 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1977 — 35 editions	My rating:
	Selected Writings by Thomas Carlyle, Alan Shelston (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Cromwell's Letters and Speeches by Thomas Carlyle, Oliver Cromwell 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1845 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Latter-Day Pamphlets 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1850 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Past and Present: Chartism. New Ed., Complete in One Volume 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1840 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Love Letters Of Thomas Carlyle And Jane Welsh 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1953 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Nigger Question and the Negro Question by Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions	My rating:

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“If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.”
― Thomas Carlyle

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“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
― Thomas Carlyle

tags: books , education , reading

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“All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.”
― Thomas Carlyle

tags: books , literacy , reading

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The History Book ...: 1. A TALE OF TWO CITIES ~ February 6th - February 12th ~~ INTRODUCTION, BOOK THE FIRST, I, II, AND III ~ (ix - 24) No Spoilers Please	70	47	Feb 21, 2012 10:20am
The History Book ...: 2. A TALE OF TWO CITIES ~ February 13th - February 19th ~~ BOOK THE FIRST, IV, V, AND VI ~ (25 - 60) No Spoilers Please	72	34	Feb 29, 2012 04:23pm
The History Book ...: 6. A TALE OF TWO CITIES ~ March 12 - 18 ~ ~ BOOK THE SECOND ~ XIV, XV, XVI, AND XVI I (156 - 191) No Spoilers Please	13	69	Mar 18, 2012 08:17am
The History Book ...: 8. March 26 - April 1 ~~BOOK THE SECOND ~`XXIII, XXIV and BOOK THE THIRD ~I ~(225-255) No spoilers Please	15	12	Apr 03, 2012 08:56pm
The History Book ...: GLOSSARY - A TALE OF TWO CITIES - SPOILER THREAD	71	67	Apr 19, 2012 10:01pm

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