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by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Author)
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Four most significant works, also including "The Development of Capitalism in Russia"; "Imperialism, the Highest State of Capitalism"; "The State and Revolution".


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Text: English, Russian (translation)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Quite a good book., September 11, 1999
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This is the book to start with if you with to understand the great man who was Vladimir Ilych Lenin. This book contains 3 of Lenin's greatest works, those being What Is To Be Done?, Imperialism : The Highest Stage of Capitalism, and The State and Revolution. It also includes The Development of Capitalism in Russia, which explains what the title states. My only dissappointment with this book is that it did not contain Left-wing Communism : An Infantile Disorder. Read this book and get to know the real Vladimir Ilych Lenin.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Intro To Lenin, September 13, 2005
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This is a great intro to Lenin, in his own words, so you don't have to care about anyone else's bias and you see for yourself what the man is all about. Further reading that would complement this would be 'Lenin's Struggle For A Revolutionary International'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A new review-dotting the is., January 21, 2001
I made an earlier jokingly one-liner that does not justice to the book- or to Lenin. What I think should looked for in this book is exactly the following: that Lenin was the first marxist ever not to consider the development of class consciousness a kind of spontaneous outgrowth of the concrete existence of a working class. Therefore the necessity for politics - specially party politics - to take precedence in marxist analysis over pure economic analysis. This jump in esentials was made by Lenin very early in life, as his _Development of Capitalism in Russia_, written in his late twenties, is still a prime piece of economicistic marxism; _What is to be done?_ is already a prime owrk of a new, politics-first, approach. One may think whatever one wants of the solutions found by Lenin - abaove all the party of professional revolutionists, disciplined and centralized, but one may not deny him the fact that it was him who first made a new kind of marxist approach to issues that is still very much with us.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Dense, but a Good Introduction
The Essential Works of Lenin does provide a remarkably concise introduction to Lenin's thought. It will not be easy for the novice reader, so a perusal of The Communist... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Will Jerom

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Collection of Lenin's Writings & Thoughts,Both Logical and Illogical
This is probably the best book on the personal writings and political blueprints of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Read more
Published on May 18, 2007 by Magickal Merlin

2.0 out of 5 stars This is not casual armchair reading.
Beware! This is not a Lenin quote book, which is what I was hoping to get. Nor is it a comprehensive selection of selected and essential passages, which would have been better... Read more
Published on March 14, 2007 by Kendal B. Hunter

5.0 out of 5 stars Lenin at his best
This book, along with "The Revolution Betrayed" by Trotsky is the best repudiation yet of the Big Lie of the 20th Century that Stalinism equals Socialism. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Piece of Work
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Published on June 6, 2001 by Robert Rezendes

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Piece of Work
This book really captures the essence of Lenin's thoughts and philosophy. His most famous piece : "What Is To Be Done? Read more
Published on June 6, 2001 by Robert Rezendes

5.0 out of 5 stars What is to be done.
An edition aimed at those who still want to know what is to be done. As to the others, they don't know what they do.
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