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338 pages, 19 chapters, and about 115,443 words in the edition this archive serves.

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First published 1943

Memoirs of a Superfluous Man

by Albert Jay Nock

NY: Harper Brothers, 1943338 pagesISBN 9781610160353Updated July 19, 2012

Memoirs of a Superfluous Man by Albert Jay Nock is available as a free PDF and EPUB download at freecapitalists.org.

Author: Albert Jay Nock
First published: 1943
Format: PDF and EPUB
Pages: 338
ISBN: 9781610160353
Publisher: NY: Harper Brothers
License: Still in copyright: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and a renewal for it was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.

History & biography

Albert Jay Nock, perhaps the most brilliant American essayist of the 20th century, and certainly among its most important libertarian thinkers, set out to write his autobiography but he ended up doing much more. He presents here a full theory of society, state, economy, and culture, and does so almost inadvertently.

His stories, lessons, observations, and conclusions pack a very powerful punch, so much so that anyone who takes time to read carefully cannot but end up changed in intellectual outlook. One feels that one has been let in a private club of people who see more deeply than others. This is truly an American classic.

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About this book and this copy

Is Memoirs of a Superfluous Man free to download?: Yes. The complete 338-page PDF and EPUB downloads directly from this page (19.6 MB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
How long is Memoirs of a Superfluous Man?: 338 pages, 19 chapters, and about 115,443 words in the edition this archive serves.
Is Memoirs of a Superfluous Man in the public domain?: No. US works published between 1932 and 1963 kept copyright past 28 years if someone filed a renewal, and a renewal for this work was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Who wrote Memoirs of a Superfluous Man?: Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) was an influential American libertarian author, educational theorist, and social critic of the early and middle twentieth century. This archive holds 10 of Nock's works.

What's in it

17 chapters · 115,443 words · page numbers are this file's

Prefacep. 4
Chapter Onep. 12
Chapter Twop. 30
Chapter Threep. 47
Chapter Fourp. 65
Chapter Fivep. 86
Chapter Sixp. 108
Chapter Sevenp. 128
Chapter Eightp. 152
Chapter Ninep. 173
Chapter Tenp. 186
Chapter Elevenp. 207
Chapter Twelvep. 229
Chapter Thirteenp. 249
Chapter Fourteenp. 269
Chapter Fifteenp. 294
Chapter Sixteenp. 315

About the author

Albert Jay Nock 1870–1945

Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) was an influential American libertarian author, educational theorist, and social critic of the early and middle twentieth century. Read more about Albert Jay Nock.

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