I’ve read a good bit of it myself. It can be difficult to follow at times, which isn’t surprising seeing as it’s well over 100 years old and translated from Russian. I found myself having to stop occasionally to try and comprehend what he was getting at exactly.
It’s very good though for sure. Also really interesting from a historical point of view because it was written when WW1 was ongoing and the turmoil in Russia was just beginning.
I plan to! I washed out of reading Capital with the weekly reading group early this year after a few chapters (it was my second attempt), but in these last few months I’ve built up a daily reading habit where I’ve been reading books (paper books!) for at least an hour a day. I’m mostly reading standard nonfiction stuff with a bit of fiction sprinkled in, but I plan on gradually adding more challenging works, and I figure by next year I’ll have trained my brain enough that I’ll have the stamina to take on Capital. I did actually enjoy and learn from the few chapters that I read, but I wasn’t ready to handle that heavy a text yet.
Yup! Its a good book! You should read it when you can.
I’ve read a good bit of it myself. It can be difficult to follow at times, which isn’t surprising seeing as it’s well over 100 years old and translated from Russian. I found myself having to stop occasionally to try and comprehend what he was getting at exactly.
It’s very good though for sure. Also really interesting from a historical point of view because it was written when WW1 was ongoing and the turmoil in Russia was just beginning.
I plan to! I washed out of reading Capital with the weekly reading group early this year after a few chapters (it was my second attempt), but in these last few months I’ve built up a daily reading habit where I’ve been reading books (paper books!) for at least an hour a day. I’m mostly reading standard nonfiction stuff with a bit of fiction sprinkled in, but I plan on gradually adding more challenging works, and I figure by next year I’ll have trained my brain enough that I’ll have the stamina to take on Capital. I did actually enjoy and learn from the few chapters that I read, but I wasn’t ready to handle that heavy a text yet.