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Author | "Nunquam", pseudonym of Robert Blatchford |
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Publication date | 1893 |
Merrie England is an influential collection of essays on socialism by Robert Blatchford under the pseudonym "Nunquam", published in 1893. The first issue by Nunquam was priced at one shilling. [1] It sold over two million copies worldwide. [2] It was said that for every one convert to socialism made by Karl Marx's Das Kapital there were a hundred converts made by “Merrie England” – though even this may be an underestimate. [3]
The book received rebuttals including:
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Author | "Nunquam", pseudonym of Robert Blatchford |
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Publication date | 1893 |
Merrie England is an influential collection of essays on socialism by Robert Blatchford under the pseudonym "Nunquam", published in 1893. The first issue by Nunquam was priced at one shilling. [1] It sold over two million copies worldwide. [2] It was said that for every one convert to socialism made by Karl Marx's Das Kapital there were a hundred converts made by “Merrie England” – though even this may be an underestimate. [3]
The book received rebuttals including: