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Alexander Herzen

Born

in Moscow, Russian Empire

April 06, 1812

Died

January 21, 1870

Genre

Memoir, Fiction

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Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Russian: Александр Иванович Герцен) was a Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism", and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki, Socialist-Revolutionaries, Trudoviks and the agrarian American Populist Party). He is held responsible for creating a political climate leading to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. His autobiography My Past and Thoughts, written with grace, energy, and ease, is often considered the best specimen of that genre in Russian literature. He also published the important social novel Who is to Blame? (1845–46). ...more

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	Who Is to Blame?: A Novel in Two Parts 3.79 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1846 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen, Dwight Macdonald (Editor), Constance Garnett (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 1870 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Other Shore & The Russian People and Socialism by Alexander Herzen, Moura Budberg (Translator), Isaiah Berlin (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1970 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Childhood, Youth and Exile by Alexander Herzen, James Duff Duff (Translator), Isaiah Berlin (Introduction) 3.95 avg rating — 65 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctor Krupov by Alexander Herzen, Sara Gutiérrez (Translator), Enrique López Viejo (Preface) 3.54 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1848 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Past and Thoughts: The Memoirs of Alexander Herzen, Volume 1 by Alexander Herzen, Constance Garnett, Humphrey Higgins 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dall'altra sponda by Alexander Herzen, Pia Pera (Translator), Iasiah Berlin (Preface) 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1850 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crónica de un drama familiar by Alexander Herzen, Víctor Gallego (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Past and Thoughts: The Memoirs of Alexander Herzen, Volume 2 by Alexander Herzen, Constance Garnett, Humphrey Higgins 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Past and Thoughts: Memoirs Volume 3 by Alexander Herzen 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Alexander Herzen

My Past and Thoughts (7 books)
by

Alexander Herzen,

Dwight Macdonald (Editor),

Constance Garnett (Translator)

4.17 avg rating — 478 ratings

Quotes by Alexander Herzen (?)

“Compassionate love may be strong. It sobs, it burns, then it wipes away its tears – and it does nothing.”
― Alexander Herzen

tags: compassion, infatuation, love

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“We think the purpose of a child is to grow up because it does grow up. But its purpose is to play, to enjoy itself, to be a child. If we merely look to the end of the process, the purpose of life is death”
― Alexander Herzen, From the Other Shore & The Russian People and Socialism

tags: childhood

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“History is the autobiography of a madman.”
― Alexander Herzen

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1st Quarter 2025 Long Reads Classics

Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac, 1843, 656 pages

47 votes, 23.9%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1000, 1182 pages

46 votes, 23.4%

Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins, 1870, 688 pages

29 votes, 14.7%

The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1962, 658 pages

27 votes, 13.7%

Lincoln by Gore Vidal, 1984, 672 pages

24 votes, 12.2%

The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever, 1978, 693 pages

21 votes, 10.7%

My Past and Thoughts by Alexander Herzen, 1870, 752 pages

3 votes, 1.5%

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