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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
LanguageGerman
SubjectKarl Marx
Published
  • 1918 (in German)
  • 1935 (Covici, Friede, Inc, in English)
Publication placeGermany
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages608 (English edition)
ISBN978-0415607261
Website[1]

Karl Marx: The Story of His Life (German: Karl Marx. Geschichte seines Lebens) is a 1918[1] book about the philosopher Karl Marx by the German historian Franz Mehring. Considered the classical biography of Marx,[2] the work has been translated into many languages, including Russian (1920), Dutch (1921),[3] Swedish (1921–1922), Danish (1922), Hungarian (1925), Japanese (1930), Spanish (1932), English (1935), Hebrew (1940–1941), Turkish (2012).[4]

Reception

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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Marx: The Story of His Life is the "classical biography of Marx", adding that it is now "slightly hagiographical" and out of date.[2] In 1953, the philosopher Louis Althusser wrote that it is the "most comprehensive and interesting historical study of Marx".[5]

References

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  1. ^ Fitzgerald 1935. p. x.
  2. ^ a b McLellan 1995. p. 444.
  3. ^ Dutch translation: Mehring, Franz (1921). Karl Marx : Geschiedenis van zijn leven. Translated by Romein, Jan. Rotterdam: W.L. & J. Brusse's Uitgeversmaatschappij. OCLC 781578231 (all editions). (reprinted 1971)
  4. ^ Turkish translation: Mehring, Franz (2010). Karl Marks : yaşam öyküsü. Translated by Feyyaz Şahin. Izmir: İlya Yayınevi. ISBN 9789944260589.
  5. ^ "On Marxism, by Louis Althusser".

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