Karl Marx: The Story of His Life

Karl Marx: The Story of His Life
Cover of the first edition
Author Franz Mehring
Original title Karl Marx. Geschichte seines Lebens
Translator Edward Fitzgerald
Country Germany
Language German
Subject Karl Marx
Published
  • 1918 (in German)
  • 1935 (Covici, Friede, Inc, in English)
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 608 (English edition)
ISBN 978-0415607261

Karl Marx: The Story of His Life (German: Karl Marx. Geschichte seines Lebens) is a 1918[1] book about Karl Marx by Franz Mehring, a German historian. Considered the classical biography of Marx,[2] the work has been translated into many languages, including Russian (1920), Danish (1922), Hungarian (1925), Japanese (1930), Spanish (1932), and English (1935).[3]

Reception

The political scientist David McLellan writes that Karl Marx: The Story of His Life is the "classical biography of Marx", adding that it is now "slightly hagiographical" and out of date.[2]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald 1935. p. x.
  2. 1 2 McLellan 1995. p. 444.
  3. ↑ World Catalogue 2010.

Bibliography

Books

  • Fitzgerald, Edward; Mehring, Franz (1935). Karl Marx: The Story of His Life. New York: Covici, Friede, Inc.
  • McLellan, David (1995). Karl Marx: A Biography. London: Papermac. ISBN 0-333-63947-2.
Online articles

  • World Catalogue. "WorldCat search". Retrieved 2010-04-19.


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