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by Thomas Carlyle

Edward rated it

11 years ago

text Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics)

IntroductionAcknowledgementsNote on the TextSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Thomas Carlyle--Sartor ResartusAppendix I: Carlyle to James Fraser, May 1833Appendix II: Maginn's Portrait of Carlyle, June 1833Appendix III: Carlyle to Emerson, August 1834Appendix IV: Carlyle to John Sterling, June 1835...

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Bettie's Books rated it

13 years ago

text Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics)

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." — Mark Twain

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Never Read Passively rated it

16 years ago

text Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics)

Sartor Resartus, which means "The Tailor Re-tailored" is ostensibly a book on "The Philosophy of Clothing" by a German author, Herr Diogenes Teufelsdrockh. We're told that this is the English translation from the original German. But, this is much more than a translation. The translator feels that i...

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