Thomas Carlyle

Author(s): G. K. Chesterton, John Ernest Hodder-williams

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Narrators: David Wales

Number of Chapters: 2

Length: 49 minutes

Language: English

A short biography (1902) of a famous writer (Carlyle) by another famous writer (Chesterton). The first half exhibits Chesterton’s sly wit as he ruminates upon Carlyle’s work; the second half is straightforward biography. There are a great many pictures and portraits in the physical text. - Summary by David Wales