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Love and capital : Karl and Jenny Marx and the birth of a revolution / Mary Gabriel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2011.Edition: First editionDescription: lviii, 709 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
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  • 9780316066112 (hbk.)
  • 0316066117 (hbk.)
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Contents:
Pt. 1. Marx and the baron's daughter -- pt. 2. The fugitive family -- pt. 3. Exile in Victoria's England -- pt. 4. The end of la vie Bohème -- pt. 5. From capital to the commune -- pt. 6. The red terrorist doctor -- pt. 7. After Marx.
Pt. 1. Marx and the baron's daughter -- pt. 2. The fugitive family -- pt. 3. Exile in Victoria's England -- pt. 4. The end of la vie Bohème -- pt. 5. From capital to the commune -- pt. 6. The red terrorist doctor -- pt. 7. After Marx.
Marx and the baron's daughter. Trier, Germany, 1835 ; Berlin, 1838 ; Cologne, 1842 ; Kreuznach, 1843 -- The fugitive family. Paris, 1843 ; Paris, 1844 ; Paris, 1845 ; Brussels, Spring, 1845 ; London, 1845 ; Brussels, 1846 ; Brussels, 1847 ; Brussels, 1848 ; Paris, 1848 ; Paris, Spring, 1848 ; Cologne, 1848 ; Paris, June, 1848 ; Cologne, 1849 ; Paris, 1849 -- Exile in Victoria's England. London, 1849 ; Zaltbommel, Holland, August, 1850 ; London, Winter, 1851 ; London, 1852 ; London, 1853 ; London, 1855 -- The end of La vie boheme. London, Fall, 1855 ; London, 1857 ; London, 1859 ; London, 1861 ; London, 1862 -- From Capital to the Commune. London, 1864 ; London, 1866 ; London, 1867 ; London, 1868 ; London, 1869 ; Paris, fall, 1870 ; Paris 1871 ; Bagnères de Luchon, France, Summer, 1871 -- The red terrorist doctor. London, 1871 ; The Hague, Fall, 1872 ; London, 1875 ; London, 1880 ; London, 1881 ; London, 1882 ; London, 1883 -- After Marx. London, Spring, 1883 ; London, 1885 ; London, 1887 ; London, 1889 ; London, 1891 ; London, 1892 ; London, 1895 ; London, 1897 ; Draveil, France, 1910.
Marx and the baron's daughter. Trier, Germany, 1835 ; Berlin, 1838 ; Cologne, 1842 ; Kreuznach, 1843 -- The fugitive family. Paris, 1843 ; Paris, 1844 ; Paris, 1845 ; Brussels, Spring, 1845 ; London, 1845 ; Brussels, 1846 ; Brussels, 1847 ; Brussels, 1848 ; Paris, 1848 ; Paris, Spring, 1848 ; Cologne, 1848 ; Paris, June, 1848 ; Cologne, 1849 ; Paris, 1849 -- Exile in Victoria's England. London, 1849 ; Zaltbommel, Holland, August, 1850 ; London, Winter, 1851 ; London, 1852 ; London, 1853 ; London, 1855 -- The end of La vie boheme. London, Fall, 1855 ; London, 1857 ; London, 1859 ; London, 1861 ; London, 1862 -- From Capital to the Commune. London, 1864 ; London, 1866 ; London, 1867 ; London, 1868 ; London, 1869 ; Paris, fall, 1870 ; Paris 1871 ; Bagnères de Luchon, France, Summer, 1871 -- The red terrorist doctor. London, 1871 ; The Hague, Fall, 1872 ; London, 1875 ; London, 1880 ; London, 1881 ; London, 1882 ; London, 1883 -- After Marx. London, Spring, 1883 ; London, 1885 ; London, 1887 ; London, 1889 ; London, 1891 ; London, 1892 ; London, 1895 ; London, 1897 ; Draveil, France, 1910.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Brilliantly researched and wonderfully written, Love and Capital reveals the rarely glimpsed and heartbreakingly human side of the man whose works would redefine the world after his death.

Drawing upon previously unpublished material, acclaimed biographer Mary Gabriel tells the story of Karl and Jenny Marx's marriage. Through it, we see Karl as never before: a devoted father and husband, a prankster who loved a party, a dreadful procrastinator, freeloader, and man of wild enthusiasms -- one of which would almost destroy his marriage. Through years of desperate struggle, Jenny's love for Karl would be tested again and again as she waited for him to finish his masterpiece, Capital .

An epic narrative that stretches over decades to recount Karl and Jenny's story against the backdrop of Europe's Nineteenth Century, Love and Capital is a surprising and magisterial account of romance and revolution -- and of one of the great love stories of all time.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 681-688) and index.

Pt. 1. Marx and the baron's daughter -- pt. 2. The fugitive family -- pt. 3. Exile in Victoria's England -- pt. 4. The end of la vie Bohème -- pt. 5. From capital to the commune -- pt. 6. The red terrorist doctor -- pt. 7. After Marx.

Pt. 1. Marx and the baron's daughter -- pt. 2. The fugitive family -- pt. 3. Exile in Victoria's England -- pt. 4. The end of la vie Bohème -- pt. 5. From capital to the commune -- pt. 6. The red terrorist doctor -- pt. 7. After Marx.

Marx and the baron's daughter. Trier, Germany, 1835 ; Berlin, 1838 ; Cologne, 1842 ; Kreuznach, 1843 -- The fugitive family. Paris, 1843 ; Paris, 1844 ; Paris, 1845 ; Brussels, Spring, 1845 ; London, 1845 ; Brussels, 1846 ; Brussels, 1847 ; Brussels, 1848 ; Paris, 1848 ; Paris, Spring, 1848 ; Cologne, 1848 ; Paris, June, 1848 ; Cologne, 1849 ; Paris, 1849 -- Exile in Victoria's England. London, 1849 ; Zaltbommel, Holland, August, 1850 ; London, Winter, 1851 ; London, 1852 ; London, 1853 ; London, 1855 -- The end of La vie boheme. London, Fall, 1855 ; London, 1857 ; London, 1859 ; London, 1861 ; London, 1862 -- From Capital to the Commune. London, 1864 ; London, 1866 ; London, 1867 ; London, 1868 ; London, 1869 ; Paris, fall, 1870 ; Paris 1871 ; Bagnères de Luchon, France, Summer, 1871 -- The red terrorist doctor. London, 1871 ; The Hague, Fall, 1872 ; London, 1875 ; London, 1880 ; London, 1881 ; London, 1882 ; London, 1883 -- After Marx. London, Spring, 1883 ; London, 1885 ; London, 1887 ; London, 1889 ; London, 1891 ; London, 1892 ; London, 1895 ; London, 1897 ; Draveil, France, 1910.

Marx and the baron's daughter. Trier, Germany, 1835 ; Berlin, 1838 ; Cologne, 1842 ; Kreuznach, 1843 -- The fugitive family. Paris, 1843 ; Paris, 1844 ; Paris, 1845 ; Brussels, Spring, 1845 ; London, 1845 ; Brussels, 1846 ; Brussels, 1847 ; Brussels, 1848 ; Paris, 1848 ; Paris, Spring, 1848 ; Cologne, 1848 ; Paris, June, 1848 ; Cologne, 1849 ; Paris, 1849 -- Exile in Victoria's England. London, 1849 ; Zaltbommel, Holland, August, 1850 ; London, Winter, 1851 ; London, 1852 ; London, 1853 ; London, 1855 -- The end of La vie boheme. London, Fall, 1855 ; London, 1857 ; London, 1859 ; London, 1861 ; London, 1862 -- From Capital to the Commune. London, 1864 ; London, 1866 ; London, 1867 ; London, 1868 ; London, 1869 ; Paris, fall, 1870 ; Paris 1871 ; Bagnères de Luchon, France, Summer, 1871 -- The red terrorist doctor. London, 1871 ; The Hague, Fall, 1872 ; London, 1875 ; London, 1880 ; London, 1881 ; London, 1882 ; London, 1883 -- After Marx. London, Spring, 1883 ; London, 1885 ; London, 1887 ; London, 1889 ; London, 1891 ; London, 1892 ; London, 1895 ; London, 1897 ; Draveil, France, 1910.

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Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

While a plethora of books on Karl Marx, his works, and Marxism are available, this is the first seriously researched study of the relationship-the passionate love story-between the philosopher and his wife, Jenny von Westphalen. Gabriel (former editor, Reuters News Service; Notorious Victoria: The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored) draws heavily upon extensive Marx family correspondence to create a compelling story of love and heartbreak, following the Marx family across Europe through hard times and tragedy. She reveals not only the intellectual and revolutionary Karl Marx, but also the husband, father, and very human being. The book also notably portrays his lesser-known wife, a woman of intelligence, beauty, and noble birth who sacrificed dearly for her husband, his ideals, and their seven children. Gabriel continues the family saga after Karl Marx's death to follow the lives of his three surviving daughters, two of whom committed suicide, all the while intricately weaving history, politics, and the birth of socialist thought throughout. -VERDICT Recommended for serious general and specialist readers interested in understanding Karl Marx more deeply, the development of Marxist doctrine, and humanized 19th-century European history.-Leslie Lewis, Duquesne Univ. Lib., Pittsburgh (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Gabriel (Notorious Victoria) offers a magisterial account of the lives of Karl Marx and his wife, Jenny von Westphalen, remarkable for the ease with which it moves between the domestic and the political spheres, offering a vivid picture of the man who not only gave birth to modern socialism but who was also a loving husband and doting father. Tracing their tumultuous lives from Prussia, via Paris to Brussels and finally London, Gabriel tells the story of a woman who forswore the comforts of her noble upbringing to raise a family in often very straitened circumstances with a man committed in both his life and letters to social justice and the emancipation of the working class. Equally at home with the details of Marxist theory and revolutionary Europe as she is with the private lives of Karl and Jenny, the author dazzles most with her fascinating accounts of the lives of the Marx children. Of seven born to Jenny, only three daughters survived to adulthood and became women immersed in the culture and issues of their times, two becoming prominent social activists in their own right. With a fluid style that belies her considerable research, Gabriel offers us the human, family side of a character more usually seen as a calculating theoretician, and in so doing offers an intimate glimpse into the trials, tribulations, and passions of a man who, more than any other thinker, has shaped our modern notions of work, money, and social relations. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

CHOICE Review

History written from a personal perspective often suffers from a lack of documentation and an excess of sentimentality. This study of Marx and his family members (and his supporters and opponents) does not. Veteran journalist Gabriel gives particular attention to Marx's relationship to his wife, Jenny von Westphalen, and their three daughters. Marx may have denounced utopian socialism but he was hopelessly utopian when it came to meeting his publication deadlines, and he led a life that meant almost continual deprivation for Jenny and their children. Yet Jenny, a woman of great intelligence, endured everything, and the daughters committed themselves to men who, like Marx, lived for radical political theory and action. The author's exhaustive use of primary archival sources and her gifts as a narrative writer have resulted in a memorable book that greatly enhances understanding of the men and women it portrays. Gabriel provides general historical background for the growth of revolutionary ferment in Europe, but deals only briefly with the development of socialist thought--a strength, as it turns out, because the author avoids repeating what earlier scholars have often said so well. Rather, Gabriel has created an unforgettable portrait of Karl Marx, Jenny von Westphalen, and their milieu. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. S. Bailey emeritus, Knox College

Booklist Review

Gabriel blends Marx's radical political activities and summaries of his major writings into an unblinking account of his marriage in a book-lengthening strategy that eventuates in much minutiae of socialist history while still showing the causes of the Marxes' chronic marital crisis. The prophet of the proletariat, who never held a job, was a financial incompetent, whose years spent haunting the British Library subjected his aristocratic wife and daughters to penury. The question Gabriel pursues is why they acquiesced. Amid unremitting detail about the family's squalid quarters, pawning of possessions, and repetitive pleas for cash from supporters and relatives, Gabriel accents the affection between parents and children, which Marx nevertheless betrayed by impregnating the family servant. Gabriel also stresses the women's belief in and intellectual and clerical support of Marx's destiny of writing a great expose of capitalism, despite his inability to finish it. Extending beyond the parents' marriage to the lamentable arcs of the daughters' lives (two were suicides), Gabriel's comprehensive research yields a new standard work about the private Marx.--Taylor, Gilber. Copyright 2010 Booklist

Kirkus Book Review

Former Reuters journalist Gabriel (The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone, 2002, etc.) offers a rich, humanizing portrait of the Marx family.The author strives mightilyand largely succeedsin maintaining balance and perspective in her view of Karl and Jenny Marx and their family, long demonized by the Right and sanctified by the Left. Gabriel begins in 1851; the exiled Marxes were in London, enduring penury and near starvation as Karl struggled to do the research and writing that would later culminate inDas Kapital, the multi-volume work completed by his longtime friend, collaborator and patron, Friedrich Engels. Gabriel writes most enthusiastically about Marx's wife, Jenny, a brilliant and lovely woman from a moneyed family who married Marx, uncomplainingly endured their decades of poverty, never lost faith in the significance of her husband and his work, delivered his children (some of whom died in childhood) and lived to see his work begin to achieve the recognition she had always believed it deserved. The author relies heavily on the massive Marx family correspondence to help her bring to life these most remarkable people. The three daughters who survived into adulthood were all highly intelligent, accomplished and unlucky in love. The author can barely restrain her disdain for Edward Aveling, the philandering (married) man who persuaded young Eleanor Marx to live with him, then betrayed and abandoned her. Her suicide followed not long after. Later, her older sister Laura would also took her own life. Gabriel gracefully achieves an impressive, challenging agenda: the joint biographies of the Marxes (parents, daughters), the career of Engels, the rise of socialism and organized labor, the theoretical background of Marxian economics and politics and the historical and economic contexts for all.A saga as richly realized as a fine Victorian novel.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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