c1880 A Collection of the Works of Thomas Carlyle

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Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Five volumes. Written by Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher known as the "sage of Chelsea". He occupied a central position in Victorian culture with his writings strongly influencing the intellectual and artistic culture of the era. This set contains: The Life of Friedrich Schiller: Comprehending an Examination of His Works. A biographical study of the life and works of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian considered to be one of Germany's most important classical playwrights. The Life of John Sterling. A biography of the author's friend John Sterling, a Scottish author who was employed actively in literature and held a circle of a number of literary friends. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, complete in three volumes. A novel centered on the life of Wilhelm Meister, a young man who undergoes a journey of self-realization while attempting to escape what he views as the empty life of a bourgeois businessman. After a failed romance with the theater, Wilhelm commits himself to the mysterious Tower Society. Translated from the German of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.