Common Sense

By Paine, Thomas

Book Id: WPLBN0002950336
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File Size: 62.57 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Common Sense
Author:	Paine, Thomas
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Essay/Short nonfiction, Politics
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Common Sense; by Thomas Paine
Historic Publication Date:	1776
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Paine, B. T. (1776). Common Sense. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Common Sense, Paine's pro-independence monograph published anonymously on 10 January 1776, spread quickly among literate colonists. Within three months, 120,000 copies are alleged to have been distributed throughout the colonies, which themselves totaled only four million free inhabitants, making it the best-selling work in 18th-century America. Its total sales in both America and Europe reached 500,000 copies. It convinced many colonists, including George Washington and John Adams, to seek redress in political independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and argued strongly against any compromise short of independence. (Wikipedia)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Essay/Short nonfiction, Politics