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On the Choice of Books

by Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

17 chapters, about 30,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION. 2,900 words
2. CONCERNING MR. LEIGH HUNT. 700 words
3. "DEAR HUNT, 200 words
4. "T. CARLYLE." 700 words
5. THOMAS CARLYLE TO DAVID LESTER RICHARDSON. 700 words
6. "T. CARLYLE." 1,100 words
7. "DEAR SIR, 700 words
8. "SIR,-- 300 words
9. "THOMAS CARLYLE.[A] 3,500 words
10. "DEAR SIR, 500 words
11. "T. CARLYLE.[A] 4,700 words
12. "SIR, 200 words
13. "T. CARLYLE." 1,000 words
14. GENTLEMEN, 10,800 words
15. "DEAR STIRLING,-- 400 words
16. BEQUEST BY MR. CARLYLE. 1,000 words
17. INDEX. 500 words

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