Research Catalog

Title

Common sense and other writings / Thomas Paine ; edited and with an introduction by Gordon S. Wood ; notes by George W. Boudreau.

Author

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

Publication

New York : Modern Library, 2003.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Wood, Gordon S.

Description

xxvi, 313, [2] p.; 21 cm.

Summary

• Includes the complete texts of Common Sense; Rights of Man, Part the Second; The Age of Reason (part one); Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, published anonymously and just discovered to be Paine's work; and Letter to the Abbe Raynal, Paine's first examination of world events; as well as selections from The American Crises. In 1776, America was a hotbed of enlightenment and revolution. Thomas Paine not only spurred his fellow Americans to action but soon came to symbolize the spirit of the Revolution. His elegantly persuasive pieces spoke to the hearts and minds of those fighting for freedom. He was later outlawed in Britain, jailed in France, and finally labeled an atheist upon his return to America.
• Excerpts from the eighteenth-century firebrand's major works including "The American Crisis" and "The Age of Reason."

Series Statement

Modern Library classics

Uniform Title

Modern Library classics

Subject

• Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
• Political science > Early works to 1800
• Political science > History > 18th century
• United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783

Genre/Form

• Early works
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Common sense -- Four letters on interesting subjects -- The American crisis -- Letter to the Abbé Raynal -- Rights of man, part the second -- The Age of Reason, part one.

ISBN

0375760113 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2002070279

OCLC

• 49760665
• SCSB-11012126

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library