



Read by Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and 1 others

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
“Don Quixote long ago paid the penalty for wrongly imagining that knight errantry was compatible with all economic forms of society.”
— Karl Marx
Source: Marx, K. (1867). Capital, Volume I, Chapter 2, Footnote 34.
and D'Alembert's Dream
“This unique masterpiece will give you fresh pleasure again... The mocking laughter at existence, at the confusion of the whole and at itself.”
— Karl Marx
Source: Letter from Marx to Engels, April 15, 1869.
“Prometheus is the most eminent saint and martyr in the philosophical calendar.”
— Karl Marx
Source: Marx, K. (1841). Doctoral Thesis, Foreword. Aeschylus was Marx's favorite tragic poet.
Source: Paul Lafargue, 'Reminiscences of Marx'. Marx read and re-read Scott to his children.
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