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His second book, the condition of the working class in england 1845, was a damning description and condemnation of the poverty generated by the industrial revolution. In 1844 he wrote this famous book and by 1848 he was a firm friend of marx. Panther edition, 1969, from text provided by the institute of marxismleninism, moscow. Engels also coauthored three major works with marx, the most important being the communist manifesto 1948.
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