The Life of John Sterling
Title
The Life of John Sterling
Text Read
The Life of John Sterling
Author
Carlyle, Thomas
Original Source
London: Chapman & Hall, 1851
Digitized by
Internet Archive
Publication Date
1851
Date(s) of Reading
- 1851-10-22
- 1852-01-01
Evidence
1851-10-22: George Eliot to Mrs. Charles Bray and Sara Sophia Hennell, 22 October 1851. “I have been reading Carlyle's life of Sterling with great pleasure -- not for its presentation of Sterling but of Carlyle. There are racy bits of description in his best manner and exquisite touches of feeling. Little rapid characterizations of living men too -- of Francis Newman for example, "a man of fine university and other attainments, of the sharpest cutting and most restlessly advancing intellect, and of the mildest pious enthusiasm." There is an inimitable description of Coleridge and his eternal monologue, "To sit as a passive bucket and be pumped into, whether one like it or not, can in the end be exhilarating to no creature."” GEL 1: 370
1852-01-01: Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1851, edition reviewed in “Contemporary Literature of England” within the Westminster Review, vol. 57, issue 1, pp. 247-51.
1852-01-01: Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1851, edition reviewed in “Contemporary Literature of England” within the Westminster Review, vol. 57, issue 1, pp. 247-51.
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Citation
Carlyle, Thomas, The Life of John Sterling, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57241