Revolution and Counter-Revolution Or, Germany in 1848

Revolution and Counter-Revolution; Or, Germany in 1848

The following articles are now, after forty-five years, for the first time collected and printed in book form. They are an invaluable pendant to Marx's work on the coup d'tat of Napoleon III. ("Der Achtzehnte Brumaire des Louis Bonaparte.") Both works belong to the same period, and both are what Engels calls "excellent specimens of that marvellous gift ... of Marx ... of apprehending clearly the character, the significance, and the necessary consequences of great historical events at a time when these events are actually in course of taking place, or are only just completed." These articles were written in 1851-1852, when Marx had been about eighteen months in England. He was living with his wife, three young children, and their life-long friend, Helene Demuth, in two rooms in Dean Street, Soho, almost opposite the Royalty Theatre. For nearly ten years they had been driven from pillar to post. When, in 1843, the Prussian Government suppressed the Rhenish Gazette which Marx had edited, he went with his newly-married wife, [Pg 4]Jenny von Westphalen, to Paris. Not long after, his expulsion was demanded by the Prussian Governmentit is said that Alexander von Humboldt acted as the agent of Prussia on this occasionand M. Guizot was, of course, too polite to refuse the request. Marx was expelled, and betook himself to Brussels. Again the Prussian Government requested his expulsion, and where the French Government had complied it was not likely the Belgian would refuse. Marx received marching orders. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 32966
Author: Engels, Friedrich
Release Date: Jun 24, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
Editor: Aveling, Eleanor Marx, 1855-1898