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Ten Days that Shook the World

By John Reed

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Year
1990
ISBN
0140182934, 9780140182934
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
343 kB (351487 bytes)
Pages
368\0
Topic
History
Time added
2017-10-06 11:05:29
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Description

John Reed conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a whole nation in ferment and disintegration. A contemporary journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives us a record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally siezed power. Containing verbatim reports both of speeches by leaders and the chance comments of bystanders set against an idealized backcloth of the proletariat soldiers, sailors, and peasants uniting to throw off oppression, Reed's account is the product of passionate involvement. Preface Notes and Explanations Chapter 1: Background Chapter 2: The Coming Storm Chapter 3: On the Eve Chapter 4: The Fall of the Provisional Government Chapter 5: Plunging Ahead Chapter 6: The Committee for Salvation Chapter 7: The Revolutionary Front Chapter 8: Counter-Revolution Chapter 9: Victory Chapter 10: Moscow Chapter 11: The Conquest of Power Chapter 12: The Peasants' Congress APPENDIX

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