Karl Marx: The Story of His Life

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Karl Marx: The Story of His Life
Cover of the first edition
AuthorFranz Mehring
Original titleKarl Marx. Geschichte seines Lebens
TranslatorEdward Fitzgerald
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
SubjectKarl Marx
Published
  • 1918 (in German)
  • 1935 (Covici, Friede, Inc, in English)
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages608 (English edition)
ISBN978-0415607261

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Marx: The Story of His Life is the "classical biography of Marx", adding that it is now "slightly hagiographical" and out of date.[2]

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Footnotes

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