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Book SynopsisThomas Carlyle (17951881) was one of the most influential authors of the nineteenth century. His introduction of German literature and philosophy into Victorian society profoundly influenced later philosophical and literary ideas. Volume 4 of this 1896 edition of his works contains the third volume of The French Revolution.
Table of ContentsBook I. September: 1. The improvised commune; 2. Danton; 3. Dumouriez; 4. September in Paris; 5. A trilogy; 6. The circular; 7. September in Argonne; 8. Exeunt; Book II. Regicide: 1. The deliberative; 2. The executive; 3. Discrowned; 4. The loser pays; 5. Stretching of formulas; 6. At the bar; 7. The three votings; 8. Place de la Revolution; Book III. The Girondins: 1. Cause and effect; 2. Culottic and sansculottic; 3. Growing shrill; 4. Fatherland in danger; 5. Sanculottism accoutred; 6. The traitor; 7. In fight; 8. In death-grips; 9. Extinct; Book IV. Terror: 1. Charlotte Corday; 2. In civil war; 3. Retreat of the eleven; 4. O nature; 5. Sword of sharpness; 6. Risen against tyrants; 7. Marie-Antoinette; 8. The twenty-two; Book V. Terror the Order of the Day: 1. Rushing down; 2. Death; 3. Destruction; 4. Carmagnole complete; 5. Like a thunder-cloud; 6. Do thy duty; 7. Flame-picture; Book VI. Thermidor: 1. The gods are athirst; 2. Danton, no weakness; 3. The tumbrils; 4. Mumbo-Jumbo; 5. The prisons; 6. To finish the terror; 7. Go down to; Book VII. Vendemiaire: 1. Decadent; 2. La Cabarus; 3. Quiberon; 4. Lion not dead; 5. Lion sprawling its last; 6. Grilled herrings; 7. The whiff of grapeshot; 8. Finis; Chronological summary; Index.
