Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is a brilliant and compact statement of Marxist socialism. It has been an enormously popular book, and enjoys a level of prestige that ranks it alongside The Communist Manifesto. It explores the difference between early socialists (considered utopian) and the modern scientific socialists embodied in Karl Marx. The message of this book is that modern socialism is not an idealistic dream, but has in fact been arrived at after a careful analysis of reality and history which shows that communism will naturally and inevitably follow after capitalism. In Engel's analysis, socialism is not simply a doctrine, but is in fact a scientific reality, an economic shift that grows unavoidably out of large-scale capitalist industry and its consequences.

"Mr. Engel's book has the merit of greatly simplifying Marx's statement of the case for socialism." - The Dial

"The body of this book is still fresh and striking." - Daily Chronicle

"The author's wit is as keen as his philosophy, and the volume possesses literary style as well as historical learning." - The Outlook