Friedrich Engels was a German Born man who lived in
Manchester, England in his early twenties. He was sent there by his parents to
work for a mill that made sewing threads. Engel was disgusted by what he saw in
England during the time of the industrial revolution. During his time in
Manchester, Engel wrote the book that this quote is from. His opinions on the
matter were skewed against the revolution, not only because of his first-hand
experience with working in conditions he described as “Hell on Earth”, but also
because of his Marxist views on society. This was due to the fact that Engel
was one of the founding fathers of Marxism, working side by side with Karl Marx
to create the theory itself. This
excerpt is reliable to the extent of being translated from German to English much
later than its original publication. Some of his descriptions make the conditions
of that time sound absolutely appalling, telling of polluted waters, stench
filled disgusting air quality and people being crammed into small, one room
huts for living quarters. He truly despised what the industrial revolution
brought, and expresses it well in this excerpt.
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