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The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892

by Friedrich Engels (1820–1895)

17 chapters, about 101,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 4,900 words
2. INTRODUCTION 6,100 words
3. THE INDUSTRIAL PROLETARIAT. 800 words
4. THE GREAT TOWNS. 16,600 words
5. COMPETITION. 5,100 words
6. IRISH IMMIGRATION. 1,400 words
7. RESULTS. 12,200 words
8. SINGLE BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY. FACTORY HANDS. 15,900 words
9. THE REMAINING BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY. 7,700 words
10. LABOUR MOVEMENTS. 9,600 words
11. THE MINING PROLETARIAT. 5,000 words
12. "PENTRICH COAL MINE. 1,600 words
13. THE AGRICULTURAL PROLETARIAT. 5,000 words
14. THE ATTITUDE OF THE BOURGEOISIE TOWARDS THE PROLETARIAT. 700 words
15. "A LADY." 6,500 words
16. TRANSLATORS NOTE. 200 words
17. INDEX 1,300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Bourgeoisie
• Communism
• Competition (economics)
• Epidemic
• Family
• Guilt (law)
• LOOM (ontology)
• Poverty
• Proletariat
• Supply and demand
• The Law (Bastiat book)
• Workhouse

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