The French Revolution: A History
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The French Revolution: A History is Thomas Carlyle’s influential 1837 narrative history that vividly chronicles the events, personalities, and turmoil of the French Revolution in a highly dramatic, literary style.
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| The French Revolution: A History canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: The French Revolution: A History Context triple: [Thomas Carlyle, notableWork, The French Revolution: A History]
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The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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The Old Regime and the Revolution
The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic historical and sociological study analyzing the social and political conditions in France before the French Revolution and how they shaped its outbreak and aftermath.
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C.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France is a 1790 political treatise by Edmund Burke that offers a seminal conservative critique of the French Revolution and defense of traditional institutions.
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Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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E.
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
The Radicalism of the American Revolution is a landmark historical study by Gordon S. Wood that argues the American Revolution fundamentally transformed American society, politics, and culture in unexpectedly radical ways.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The French Revolution: A History Target entity description: The French Revolution: A History is Thomas Carlyle’s influential 1837 narrative history that vividly chronicles the events, personalities, and turmoil of the French Revolution in a highly dramatic, literary style.
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A.
The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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B.
The Old Regime and the Revolution
The Old Regime and the Revolution is Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic historical and sociological study analyzing the social and political conditions in France before the French Revolution and how they shaped its outbreak and aftermath.
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C.
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Reflections on the Revolution in France is a 1790 political treatise by Edmund Burke that offers a seminal conservative critique of the French Revolution and defense of traditional institutions.
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D.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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E.
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
The Radicalism of the American Revolution is a landmark historical study by Gordon S. Wood that argues the American Revolution fundamentally transformed American society, politics, and culture in unexpectedly radical ways.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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historical work ⓘ narrative history ⓘ |
| adaptationInfluence | inspired later literary and historical portrayals of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Carlyle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly influential in 19th-century historiography ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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literary history ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Romantic
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anti-mechanistic ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate and providence
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heroism and leadership ⓘ revolution and chaos ⓘ |
| historicalFigureDepicted |
Camille Desmoulins
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Georges Danton ⓘ Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ Lafayette ⓘ Louis XVI of France ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette ⓘ Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ⓘ
surface form:
Mirabeau
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| influenced | Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| influencedWork | A Tale of Two Cities ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | French Revolution ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
dramatic
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highly literary ⓘ rhetorical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense, prophetic tone
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use of present-tense narration ⓘ vivid character sketches ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| portrays |
Reign of Terror
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fall of the monarchy ⓘ rise of revolutionary leaders ⓘ storming of the Bastille ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1837 ⓘ |
| publisher | James Fraser ⓘ |
| structure | three volumes ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1789–1795 ⓘ |
| volumeTitle |
Place de la Bastille
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surface form:
The Bastille
The Constitution ⓘ The Guillotine ⓘ |
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Subject: The French Revolution: A History Description of subject: The French Revolution: A History is Thomas Carlyle’s influential 1837 narrative history that vividly chronicles the events, personalities, and turmoil of the French Revolution in a highly dramatic, literary style.
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subject surface form:
Thomas Carlyle