V.G. Kiernan writes about the Marx sisters
V.G. Kiernan, 16 September 1982
The Daughters of Karl Marx: Family Correspondence 1866-98
edited by Olga Meier, translated by Faith Evans.
Deutsch, 342 pp., £14.95, June 1982,0 233 97337 0 Show More
edited by Olga Meier, translated by Faith Evans.
Deutsch, 342 pp., £14.95, June 1982,
“... In a fond description of her three daughters when the eldest was 19, Marx’s wife said that Laura’s eyes shone ‘with a continual fire of joy’. All three had a happy childhood, however materially pinched, like the ‘Little Women’ they sometimes compared themselves with. One was to die of cancer before reaching 40, the other two died by suicide ... ”
