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Friedrich Engels
1820–1895
A factory owner’s son who became one of the sharpest critics of industrial society, he helped shape modern socialist thought alongside Karl Marx. His writing mixes philosophy, politics, and close observation of working-class life in 19th-century Europe.
12 Audiobooks
The origin of the family, private property, and the state
by Friedrich Engels
The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892
by Friedrich Engels
Manifesto of the Communist Party
by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
Revolution and Counter-Revolution; Or, Germany in 1848
by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism: "Anti-Duehring"
by Friedrich Engels
Socialism, Utopian and Scientific
by Friedrich Engels
L'origine della Famiglia della Proprietà privata e dello Stato in relazione alle ricerche di L. H. Morgan
by Friedrich Engels
Feuerbach : The roots of the socialist philosophy
by Friedrich Engels
Der Briefwechsel zwischen Friedrich Engels und Karl Marx 1844 bis 1883, Erster Band
by Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx
Sosialistisen filosofian juuret : Feuerbachin filosofian kritiikkiä
by Friedrich Engels
Het communistisch manifest
by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
About the author
Born in Barmen, Prussia, on November 28, 1820, Friedrich Engels grew up in a prosperous textile-manufacturing family but became deeply critical of the world of industry around him. While working in commerce, especially in Manchester, he observed the harsh conditions faced by workers and turned those experiences into some of his most influential writing.
Engels is best known for his lifelong intellectual partnership with Karl Marx. Together they wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848, and Engels also produced major works of his own, including The Condition of the Working Class in England and Anti-Dühring. His interests ranged across economics, history, philosophy, and revolutionary politics.
After Marx’s death in 1883, Engels devoted much of his energy to editing and publishing later volumes of Capital, helping preserve and extend their shared work. He died in London on August 5, 1895, but his ideas continued to shape political movements and debates around the world.