The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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 narrative between the first three parts, but Part...
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Author:Benjamin Franklin
Genre:Autobiography, Biography
Year published:1791
Number of editions:27

Author of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
Birthplace:Boston, Massachusetts
Education:James Franklin Printing Shop, Boston Latin School

Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, publisher. scientist, and statesman, who is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was a major figure in the Enlightenment, known as a printer, satirist, political theorist, civic activist, and a diplomat, famous for his theories...
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Additional works by Benjamin Franklin
BookCopyright DateGenre
Poor Richard's Almanac Almanac
A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain 1725
Bite-size Ben Franklin
Autobiography, Poor Richard, and later writings
Benjamin Franklin's the art of virtue
The sayings of Benjamin Franklin
Political, Miscellaneous And Philosophical Pieces
Cool Thoughts On The Present Situation Of Our Public Affairs
The Means and Manner of Obtaining Virtue
Free silver, and some other things
The Whistle
Memoirs
The United States Constitution
Way to Wealth
Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
Franklin
Essays And Letters V1
Poor Richard's Horse Keeper
Selected Works of Benjamin Franklin
Conseils pour s'enrichir
Authobiography Of Benjamin Franklin
The Immortal Mentor
The Writings Of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1
My Dear Girl Ii
How to Attain Moral Perfection
Articles Of Belief And Acts Of Religion Vol.2
glory of eternity
Reflection On Courtship And Marriage
Not Your Usual Founding Father
Avis nécessaire à ceux qui veulent devenir riche
Collected Works Of Benjamin Franklin
The Life of Benjamin Franklin
The Works Of Benjamin Franklin V1
A Letter By Dr. Franklin To The Royal Academy Of Brussels
Complete Works
Representative Selections
Address
Articles of belief
The art of making money plenty
Autobiography
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and selections from his other writings
Benjamin Franklin
The essays, humorous, moral and literary of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Franklin's Way to wealth
Franklin was there
The ingenious Dr. Franklin
The life and essays of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin
The life and letters
The life of Benjamin Franklin, written chiefly by himself
The life of Doctor Benjamin Franklin
The life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin
The life of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin
The life of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin
A parable
The political thought of Benjamin Franklin
Private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin
Select works, including his autobiography
The Silence Dogood letters
Some account of the Pennsylvania Hospital
The works of Benjamin Franklin
The works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin
The works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin
The Way to Wealth
America's Big Ben
Apology for printers
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, and a sketch of Franklin's life from the point where the autobiography ends, drawn chiefly from his letters
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The autobiography, Poor Richard's almanac and other papers
The autobiography, with an introd
Benjamin Franklin on balloons
B. Franklin, innovator
Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, or, Early rising, a natural, social, and religious duty
Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods
Franklin's Way to wealth, or, "Poor Richard improved"
A letter from B. Franklin to a young man
A letter from Mr. Franklin to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning the effect of lightning ; A letter of Benjamin Franklin, Esq. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S. concerning an electrical kite
New experiments and observations on electricity
Observations on the causes and cure of smoky chimneys
Poor Richard, or, The way to wealth
Poor Richard's Almanack
Satires & Bagatelles
The way to wealth, or, Poor Richard improved
What good is a newborn baby?
Compleated Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin Autobiography
The autobiography and other writings
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; a restoration of a "fair copy"
The bagatelles from Passy
Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards
Benjamin Franklin's autobiographical writings
Benjamin Franklin's Experiments
Benjamin Franklin's own story
Benjamin Franklin's Proposals for the education of youth in Pennsylvania, 1749
The complete works in philosophy, politics, and morals, of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, now first collected and arranged: with memoirs of his early life, written by himself
Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America
Facetiæ Frankliana. [sic]
Franklin's boyhood in Boston
Franklin's wit & folly
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Frequently Asked Questions

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    The book "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" is in what genre?
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    The book is categorized as: Autobiography and Biography.
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    "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" is of the category: United States, History of the United States, Biography and Virtue
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    What year was the work "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" first printed?
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    The work was released in 1791.
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    The book consists of 136 pages.

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