FRENCH REVOLUTION, THE

作者：  Thomas Carlyle 　著

出版社：Random House US 2002-5-1

简介：　　The book that established Thomas Carlyle’s reputation whenfirst published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiecehas since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. Itcombines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization ofthe picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past toblazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as anynovel. As John D. Rosenberg observes in his Introduction, TheFrench Revolution is “one of the grand poems of [Carlyle’s]century, yet its poetry consists in being everywhere scrupulouslyrooted in historical fact.”　　This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition, complete andunabridged, is unavailable anywhere else.