It's non-fiction November and the club reminded us that there are lots of non-fiction classics about, as well. I checked my classic list and found that I don’t have many non-fiction classics on my list, probably because I prefer to read about current affairs there. But there are a few:
Douglass, Frederick "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" - 1845
Jacobs, Harriet Ann (Linda Brent) "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" - 1861
Rhoides, Emmanuel (Emmanuel Roidis) "The Curious History of Pope Joan" (gr.: Papissa Ioanna) - 1866
Marx, Karl "Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie" (Capital. Critique of Political Economy) - 1867
Elbogen, Ismar; Sterling, Eleonore "Die Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland" [The History of the Jews in Germany] - 1935/66
I have chosen Karl Marx this month. I desperately want to read "The Communist Manifesto" (Das kommunistische Manifest) but bought "Das Kapital" a while ago. So, "The Capital" it is.
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Have fun reading Das Kapital. I have not read anything by Karl Marx before.
ReplyDeleteMe, either. But I'm a big fan of his ideas and thought I'd start with that because it supposed to be his main work. During my professional education, I did a lot of business and commercial studies, the beginning is rather tedious for me. But I know this was all new back then. For me, it's not a heavy read at all. At least not at the moment. Let's see what I think when he gets down to the nitty-gritty. LOL
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I await that review!
ReplyDeleteIt will come. Once I'm finished. 😉
DeleteI also want to read "The Communist Manifesto" but thought I'd start with this one first due to my professional background. (see my comment above).
Have a good day.