About the book: 1957 / This collected works of A. I. Herzen is the first scientific edition of the literary and epistolary heritage of an outstanding figure of the Russian liberation movement, a revolutionary democrat, a genius thinker and writer. In volumes VIII–XI of this edition, Herzen’s largest work of art is published - his autobiography “The Past and Thoughts”. This volume contains parts VI, VII and VIII of “The Past and Thoughts”. The volume also contains other editions of chapters and a self-translation of the chapter “Robert Owen” (Part VI).http://ruslit.traumlibrary.net