Reflections on the Revolution in France
By Edmund Burke
Read by Matt Addis
The Everyman's Library Classics Series
Unabridged
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Library CD (In Stock)
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781799955801
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ISBN: 9781799955795
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ISBN: 9781799955818
| Runtime: | 10.29 Hours |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Written in the form of a letter to a Frenchman, Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France is an impassioned attack on the French Revolution and its hasty destruction of the Church, the old elites and the Crown. Burke tackles the new republic and its allegiance to principles such as liberty and equality, as well as its failure to recognize the complexities of human nature, society, and wisdom accumulated over time, contending that gradual change and adjustment is far better than immediate upheaval. Burke’s treatise later became the target of Thomas Paine’s own reflections on the French Revolution in Rights of Man, a devastating work that predicted more revolutions to come.Author
Author Bio: Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) became a member of Parliament in 1765. He championed the unpopular cause of Catholic emancipation and a great part of his career became dedicated to the problem of India. The French Revolution prompted one of his best-known works, Reflections on the Revolution in France.
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| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Runtime: | 10.29 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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