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Past and Present is a book by Thomas Carlyle.[1] It was published in April 1843 in England and the following month in the United States. It combines medieval history with criticism of 19th-century British society. Carlyle wrote it in seven weeks as a respite from the harassing labor of writing Cromwell. He was inspired by the recently published Chronicles of the Abbey of Saint Edmund's Bury, which had been written by Jocelin of Brakelond at the close of the 12th century. This account of a medieval monastery had taken Carlyle's fancy, and he drew upon it in order to contrast the monks' reverence for work and heroism with the sham leadership of his own day.
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GenrePhilosophy
Length11 hrs 14 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK I.
26BOOK III.
2CHAPTER I.
27CHAPTER I.
3CHAPTER II.
28CHAPTER II.
4CHAPTER III.
29CHAPTER III.
5CHAPTER IV.
30CHAPTER IV.
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6CHAPTER V.
31CHAPTER V.
7CHAPTER VI.
32CHAPTER VI.
8BOOK II.
33CHAPTER VII.
9CHAPTER I.
34CHAPTER VIII.
10CHAPTER II.
35CHAPTER IX.
11CHAPTER III.
36CHAPTER X.
12CHAPTER IV.
37CHAPTER XI
13CHAPTER V.
38CHAPTER XII.
14CHAPTER VI.
39CHAPTER XIII.
15CHAPTER VII.
40CHAPTER XIV.
16CHAPTER VIII.
41CHAPTER XV.
17CHAPTER IX.
42BOOK IV.
18CHAPTER X.
43CHAPTER I.
19CHAPTER XI.
44CHAPTER II.
20CHAPTER XII.
45CHAPTER III.
21CHAPTER XIII.
46CHAPTER IV.
22CHAPTER XIV.
47CHAPTER V.
23CHAPTER XV.
48CHAPTER VI.
24CHAPTER XVI.
49CHAPTER VII.
25CHAPTER XVII.
50CHAPTER VIII.
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