Reviews

The Civil War in France by Karl Marx

hazel1998's review against another edition

4.0

P1 Engels 4/5
P2 Marx: 3/5
P3 Lenin: 5/5
P4 Federovsky: 4/5

Lenin’s oratory shines through. His emulation of Mark Antony’s repetitive rhetoric is quite funny.

‘Yes, Plekhanov has good reason to compare himself to Marx’ / ‘And Brutus is an honourable man’

welshrebel1776's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.5

skarayol's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

sebastian00's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

grubnubble's review

4.0

This is my favorite of Marx’s writings that I’ve read so far. The analysis is excellent, but I would not recommend reading this if you’re not already somewhat familiar with the events of the Paris Commune. The postscript by Engels is fantastic and could be read alone. I also really enjoyed Josh Holroyd’s introduction (sizeable but worth reading).

jakepasseri's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

Classic and enjoyable Marxist text. While the historical 'recap' given by Marx can be dry (imo), it is needed and the insights given by Marx into the first attempt to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat are very good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

jreis's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

mslemoniac's review against another edition

And we yelled: The revolution is dead, long live the revolution!