Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1

Karl Marx

Penguin Books, 1976 - Capital - 1141 pages

Marx explains the workings of the capitalist system and how it produces the insoluble contradictions that breed class struggle. He demonstrates the inevitability of the revolutionary transformations of society into one ruled for the first time by the producing majority -- the working class.

About the author

Karl Heinrich Marx, one of the fathers of communism, was born on May 5, 1818 in Trier, Germany. He was educated at a variety of German colleges, including the University of Jena. He was an editor of socialist periodicals and a key figure in the Working Man's Association. Marx co-wrote his best-known work, "The Communist Manifesto" (1848), with his friend, Friedrich Engels. Marx's most important work, however, may be "Das Kapital" (1867), an analysis of the economics of capitalism. He died on March 14, 1883 in London, England.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1; Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Karl Marx; Pelican Marx library; Pelican books; Penguin classics
• Author: Karl Marx
• Translated by: Ben Fowkes, David Fernbach
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Penguin Books, 1976
• ISBN: 0140219285, 9780140219289
• Length: 1141 pages