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Oxford University Press, USA (1987), Edition: Rep, Paperback, 320 pages
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Classic Literature. Fiction. Historical Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: This unusual book is a must-read for fans of innovative fiction. More than a century before postmodernists like Nabokov and Barthes began to experiment with metafiction, Thomas Carlyle gave the world this playful sendup of German Idealism that purports to be a commentary on the work of fictional German philosopher Diogenes Teufelsdröckh's history of clothing.
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LibraryThing member wellred2
Sartor Resartvs written and fascimile signed by Thomas Carlyle. The inside pages as shown in the photo have Thomas Carlyle's autograph under a photo and the date that it was signed (1865). The oposite page has the date I believe the book was published which is 1831. At the bottom of the page it
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lists London, Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. On the next page it states London: Robson and Sons, printers, Pancras Road, N.W. Show Less
LibraryThing member JBD1
Even now that I've read it I'm not entirely sure what prompted me to pick this up at the library book sale this spring. Probably it was the back-cover text noting that the book was inspired in part by Tristram Shandy, which is one of my favorites. I do know that this one doesn't hold up nearly as
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well, isn't nearly as funny, and certainly won't be a book I am likely to read again. Show Less
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Original publication date
1836
Physical description
320 p.; 7.17 inches
ISBN
0192817574 / 9780192817570
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