'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.'Marx and Engels's revolutionary
summons to the working classes - one of the most important and influential political theories
ever formulated. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday.
Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics with books
from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over
Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century
California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage poems epic and intimate
essays satirical and inspirational and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Karl Marx
(1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).
