Ten Days That Shook the World
by John Reed
Ten Days That Shook the World is John Reed's eyewitness account of the October 1917 Russian Revolution, first published by Boni & Liveright in 1919. Lenin's introduction first appeared in the 1922 edition, and the book fed into Eisenstein's October and Warren Beatty's Reds.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Boni and Liveright, 1919
- First published
- Boni & Liveright, 1919
The first edition of Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed was published in New York by Boni and Liveright in 1919. We track 3 editions.
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- Martin Lawrence1926 Hardback I own Ten Days That Shook the World, Martin Lawrence 1926 Log in to want this
- Communist Party of Great Britain1926 Hardback I own Ten Days That Shook the World, Communist Party of Great Britain 1926 Log in to want this
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Ten Days That Shook the World musical
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union
In print
- Editions recorded
- 192 on Open Library, 144 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 28 languages
- Free to read
- Project Gutenberg (out of copyright in the US)
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of Ten Days That Shook the World?
The first edition of Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed was published in New York by Boni and Liveright in 1919.
How many editions of Ten Days That Shook the World are there?
We track 3 editions of Ten Days That Shook the World, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Ten Days That Shook the World been adapted?
Yes, including Ten Days That Shook the World (musical), according to Wikidata.
Can I read Ten Days That Shook the World for free?
Yes: the text is out of copyright in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg. Collectors still pay for the first edition, which is the physical object, not the words.
Where these facts come from
- Ten Days That Shook the World, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Ten Days that Shook the World (Q30925), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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