The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844

The Condition of the Working-Class in England 1844(German: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England) is an 1845 book by the German political philosopher Friedrich Engels. It is a study of the industrial working class in Victorian England. It was Engels' first book, it was originally written in German as Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England. It was written during his 1842–44 stay in Manchester, the city at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, compiled from Engels' own observations and detailed contemporary reports.