The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.

Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. There are actual breaks in the nar...
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and inf...
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This bawdy, high-spirited novel, whose author, Laurence Sterne, was described by Diderot as "the Rabelais of the English", provoked a literary scandal when its first two volumes were published in 1759.

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It is also a wonderfully interesting story-book, containing all sorts of adventures. But not many children are likely to read this long poem in its original form. I have therefore taken the first story and told it in prose, that young readers may have the tale in such shape as may please them.' [from the author]

Green lined cloth boards with titles and decorations in three colors. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Modera...
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