Karl Marx: The Story of His Life

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), Swedish (1921–1922), Danish (1922), Hungarian (1925), Japanese (1930), Spanish (1932), English (1935), and Hebrew (1940–1941).[3]

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
Website

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Marx: The Story of His Life is the "classical biography of Marx", adding that it is now "slightly hagiographical" and out of date.[2] In 1953, the philosopher Louis Althusser wrote that it is the "most comprehensive and interesting historical study of Marx".[4]

References
  1. Fitzgerald 1935. p. x.
  2. McLellan 1995. p. 444.
  3. World Catalogue 2010.
  4. https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1953/onmarx/on-marxism.htm

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
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