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Manifesto of the Communist Party

by Karl Marx (1818–1883)

10 chapters, about 14,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 1,800 words
2. BY KARL MARX AND FREDERICK ENGELS. 200 words
3. I. 4,600 words
4. PROLETARIANS AND COMMUNISTS. 3,200 words
5. I. REACTIONARY SOCIALISM. 1,400 words
6. 2. CONSERVATIVE OR BOURGEOIS SOCIALISM. 400 words
7. 3. CRITICAL-UTOPIAN SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM. 1,000 words
8. IV. 600 words
9. WHAT MEANS THIS STRIKE? 300 words
10. VALUE, PRICE, AND PROFIT 300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Bourgeoisie
• Communism
• Epidemic
• Means of production
• Productive forces
• Proletariat
• Surplus value
• Trade union
• Working class

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