To the Finland Station
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One of the great works of modern historical writing, the classic account of the ideas, people, and politics that led to the Bolshevik Revolution
Edmund Wilson's To the Finland Station is intellectual history on a grand scale, full of romance, idealism, intrigue, and conspiracy, that traces the revolutionary ideas that…
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No American writer of the 20th century could make ideas and personalities come alive as effectively as Wilson; he did this both for the sweep of the Russian Revolution (the Finland Station in St Petersburg is where Lenin launched the Revolution); and for specific individuals, books, and artistic performances. I was delighted to discover that Wilson was also Richard Hofstadter’s literary inspiration.
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