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Democracy in America (Penguin Classics)
by Alexis de Tocqueville

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Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
Editor: Isaac Kramnick
Introduction: Isaac Kramnick
Translator: Gerald Bevan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-01
ISBN: 0140447601
Number of pages: 992
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Book Review: A classic text, enchantingly unravelled
Summary: 5 Stars

Gerald Bevan's translation of this classic text, offers the grandeur of de Tocqueville such elegant simplicity that it restores vitality to an already vital text.

Enough has been said in the other reviews listed here, to convince any reader of the merits of adding this book to their bedside table, with this edition finally they have the companion to illuminate the wisdom of the work with a the skill of a master craftsmen.

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