Frederick Engels
German communist and close collaborator with Karl Marx on the foundations of communist theory.
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Written: Between January and March of 1880 Source: Marx/Engels Selected Works, Volume 3, p. 95 -151 Publisher: Progress Publishers, 1970 First Published: March, April, and May issues of Revue Socialiste in 1880 Translated: from the French by Paul Lafargue in 1892 (authorised by Engels)
The Origin of The Family, Private Property and the State
After Marx's death, in rumaging through Marx's manuscripts, Engels came upon Marx's precis of Ancient Society -- a book by progressive US scholar Lewis Henry Morgan and published in London 1877. The precis was written between 1880-81 and contained Marx's numerous remarks on Morgan as well as passages from other sources.
Principles of Communism
Principles of Communism was Engels' first draft of a declarative, defining document for the communist movement. It was written when Engels was 27, and just prior to the great Europe-wide revolutions of 1848-9. As such, the passionate certainty of youth, coupled with the expectant exuberance of the times, results in a piece bursting with confidence, if not, at times, naivete.
Anti-Duhring
Written: September 1876 - June 1878
Published: In German in Vorwärts, January 3 1877 to July 7 1878
Published: As book, Leipzig 1878.
Translation: Emile Burns (from the 1894 Stuttgart third edition)
Transcribed for the Internet: meia@marx.org, August 1996
The Peasant War in Germany
The 1848 uprisings in Germany put Engels in mind of the last great peasant rebellions of of 1500s. As he would later write: "The parallel between the German Revolution of 1525 and that of 1848-49 was too obvious to be altogether ignored at that time."
Wilhelm Wolff
Written between June and September 1876 First published in Die Neue Welt Nos. 27, 28, 30, 31, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 47 July 1, 8, 22, 29; Sept 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28; Nov. 4, 25, 1876
Shorter reprint appeared in the 1886 book "Die schlesische Milliarde". Von Wilhelm Wolff. Mit Einleitung von Friedrich Engels Hottingen-Zürich, 1886
Synopsis of Capital
This is a synopsis of Capital, Volume I, written by Engels in 1868. Upon Capital's release, Engels began constructing a comprehensive summation
Marx, Jenny - obituary by Frederick Engels
Engels' biography and obituary of Jenny Marx, Karl Marx's eldest daughter.
Jenny Longuet, Nee Marx
by Frederick Engels
Jenny, the eldest daughter of Karl Marx, died at Argenteuil near Paris on January 11. About eight years ago she married Charles Longuet a former member of the Paris Commune and at present co-editor of the Justice.
Dialectics of Nature
Engels' last major work
The Peasant Question in France and Germany
Engels' The Peasant Question in France and Germany was part of the current debate around agrarian issues. Engels wrote it as rebuttal to various French Socialists (like Vollmar) and the agrarian programme adopted in Marseilles in 1892 and supplemented in Nantes in 1894 (Frankfurt Congress of German Social-Democrats).
