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Thomas Paine Reader (Classics)
Thomas Paine
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Description for Thomas Paine Reader (Classics)
Paperback. Demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine was an inspiration to Americans in their struggle for independence. This book contains Paine's major works including "The Rights of Man", "Common Sense", and the first part of "The Age of Reason". Editor(s): Foot, Michael; Kramnick, Isaac. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 368.
This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of his age. It contains all of Paine's major works including The Rights of Man, his groundbreaking defence of the revolutionary cause in France, Common Sense, which won thousands over to the side of the American rebels, and the first part of The Age of Reason (Part One), a ferocious attack on Christianity. The shorter pieces - on capital punishment, social reform and the ... Read more
This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of his age. It contains all of Paine's major works including The Rights of Man, his groundbreaking defence of the revolutionary cause in France, Common Sense, which won thousands over to the side of the American rebels, and the first part of The Age of Reason (Part One), a ferocious attack on Christianity. The shorter pieces - on capital punishment, social reform and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140444964
SKU
V9780140444964
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About Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was born in 1737, and emigrated to America in 1774 at the persuasion of Benjamin Franklin. In 1776 he published the influential Common Sense, which established his reputation as a revolutionary thinker and as political theorist for the American Revolution. In 1787 Paine returned to Europe and became involved in Revolutionary politics. He was imprisoned ... Read more
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