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The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx (1818–1883)

6 chapters, about 11,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 200 words
2. I. BOURGEOIS AND PROLETARIANS 4,400 words
3. II. PROLETARIANS AND COMMUNISTS 3,200 words
4. 1. REACTIONARY SOCIALISM 1,900 words
5. 2. CONSERVATIVE, OR BOURGEOIS, SOCIALISM 400 words
6. 3. CRITICAL-UTOPIAN SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM 1,400 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Bourgeoisie
• Communism
• Means of production
• Productive forces
• Proletariat
• Socialism
• Wage labour

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