History

The French Revolution: A History

by Thomas Carlyle

The manuscript of the first volume was accidentally burnt in 1835 while in John Stuart Mill’s care. Carlyle rewrote it, and the published history appeared in 1837. The Cinder Archive’s scorched binding represents the lost draft; the text you can read is the surviving published work.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 20 hr 35 min

Where to find it

On the History shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #1301. In the public domain in the United States.