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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Franklin, Benjamin

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"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by Benjamin Franklin is an unfinished memoir written between 1771 and 1790. Divided into four parts, Franklin chronicles his journey from childhood through age 52, recounting his apprenticeship with his brother, his escape to Philadelphia, and his rise as a printer and entrepreneur. He details his famous pursuit of moral perfection through thirteen virtues and shares the founding of institutions like the Library Company of Philadelphia. This influential work became one of history's most celebrated autobiographies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Reading ease score: 56.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
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Subjects (7)
  • Harvard Classics
  • Category: American Literature
  • Category: Biographies
  • Category: History - American
  • E300
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
  • Statesmen -- United States -- Biography

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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2] With his Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader

Franklin, Benjamin