https://classletters.org/tags/19th-century/Recent content in 19th-Century on Class LettersHugoen-usSat, 24 Oct 2026 17:38:30 +1000https://classletters.org/posts/hobsbawm/age_revo_merit/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:38:30 +1000https://classletters.org/posts/hobsbawm/age_revo_merit/<p>Chapter 10 from Eric Hobsbawm&rsquo;s now legendary <em>The Age of Revolutions: 1789-1848</em>.</p> <hr> <blockquote> <p>One day I walked with one of these middle-class gentlemen into Manchester. I spoke to him about the disgraceful unhealthy slums and drew his attention to the disgusting condition of that part of town in which the factory workers lived. I declared that I had never seen so badly built a town in my life. He listened patiently and at the corner of the street at which we parted company, he remarked: ‘And yet there is a great deal of money made here. Good morning, Sir!’ &mdash; Freidrich Engels, <em>Condition of the Working Class in England</em><sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></p> </blockquote>