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Description:This book is a study of the Free Love Union of Eleanor Marx, the youngest daughter of Karl Marx, and her partner Edward Aveling, a topic which has been sorely neglected by historians. It was a union formed in 1884, which lasted for fourteen years, until the death of Eleanor in 1898. Aveling died a few months later that same year. During the years that the pair were together, Aveling was very active in the (still very small) British socialist movement. Eleanor was active primarily in the trade union movement. Eleanor Marx has had several biographers and the main outlines of her life are well-known. Aveling, by contrast, has had none and far less is known about him. He led a strangely elusive life which left relatively few traces. What we do know is that he was Eleanor's senior by a few years, that he was the son of a prominent Congregational minister, that he had a scientific education and that he came to reject his religious upbringing, embracing Darwin's ideas with ardour. But rather than pursuing a scientific career, he became a populariser was soon a rising star of the mid-century secularist movement. In the early 1880s he made the acquaintance of Eleanor and discovered Marxism. He fully embraced Marx's ideas and entered into a Free Love union with Eleanor the year after Marx's death. He had entered at an early age upon a short-lived marriage which had never been dissolved and was therefore not free to enter into legal matrimony with Eleanor. Despite their shared interests, the pair were badly matched. He benefited enormously from his union with Eleanor, enjoying near-iconic status as "son-in-law of Karl Marx", which gave him an instant entrée to the top ranks of socialist politics. But he continued to live very much the life of a single man about town, cutting a dash with women, living well beyond his means, borrowing from friends and falling into debt.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Torment and Tragedy: The Doomed Partnership of Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling. To get started finding Torment and Tragedy: The Doomed Partnership of Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book is a study of the Free Love Union of Eleanor Marx, the youngest daughter of Karl Marx, and her partner Edward Aveling, a topic which has been sorely neglected by historians. It was a union formed in 1884, which lasted for fourteen years, until the death of Eleanor in 1898. Aveling died a few months later that same year. During the years that the pair were together, Aveling was very active in the (still very small) British socialist movement. Eleanor was active primarily in the trade union movement. Eleanor Marx has had several biographers and the main outlines of her life are well-known. Aveling, by contrast, has had none and far less is known about him. He led a strangely elusive life which left relatively few traces. What we do know is that he was Eleanor's senior by a few years, that he was the son of a prominent Congregational minister, that he had a scientific education and that he came to reject his religious upbringing, embracing Darwin's ideas with ardour. But rather than pursuing a scientific career, he became a populariser was soon a rising star of the mid-century secularist movement. In the early 1880s he made the acquaintance of Eleanor and discovered Marxism. He fully embraced Marx's ideas and entered into a Free Love union with Eleanor the year after Marx's death. He had entered at an early age upon a short-lived marriage which had never been dissolved and was therefore not free to enter into legal matrimony with Eleanor. Despite their shared interests, the pair were badly matched. He benefited enormously from his union with Eleanor, enjoying near-iconic status as "son-in-law of Karl Marx", which gave him an instant entrée to the top ranks of socialist politics. But he continued to live very much the life of a single man about town, cutting a dash with women, living well beyond his means, borrowing from friends and falling into debt.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Torment and Tragedy: The Doomed Partnership of Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling. To get started finding Torment and Tragedy: The Doomed Partnership of Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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