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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

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Read by Gary Gilberd · 15 h 1 min · 42 parts

  1. Introduction

    19:16

  2. Chapter 1 Ancestry and Early Youth in Boston

    25:49

  3. Chapter 2 Beginning Life as a Printer

    24:04

  4. Chapter 3 Arrival in Philadelphia

    16:47

  5. Chapter 4 First Visit to Boston

    18:00

  6. Chapter 5 Early Friends in Philadelphia

    10:07

  7. Chapter 6 First Visit to London

    29:46

  8. Chapter 7 Beginning Business in Philadelphia

    34:20

  9. Chapter 8 Business Success and First Public Service

    27:50

  10. Chapter 9 Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection

    31:41

  11. Chapter 10 Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Activities

    21:33

  12. Chapter 11 Interest in Public Affairs

    17:27

  13. Chapter 12 Defense of the Province

    21:28

  14. Chapter 13 Public Services and Duties

    32:29

  15. Chapter 14 Albany Plan of Union

    5:23

  16. Chapter 15 Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors

    7:53

  17. Chapter 16 Braddock's Expedition

    26:41

  18. Chapter 17 Franklin's Defense of the Frontier

    19:05

  19. Chapter 18 Scientific Experiments

    9:26

  20. Chapter 19 Agent of Pennsylvania in London

    35:20

  21. Appendix

    16:14

  22. Introduction

    19:16

  23. Chapter 1 Ancestry and Early Youth in Boston

    25:49

  24. Chapter 2 Beginning Life as a Printer

    24:04

  25. Chapter 3 Arrival in Philadelphia

    16:47

  26. Chapter 4 First Visit to Boston

    18:00

  27. Chapter 5 Early Friends in Philadelphia

    10:07

  28. Chapter 6 First Visit to London

    29:46

  29. Chapter 7 Beginning Business in Philadelphia

    34:20

  30. Chapter 8 Business Success and First Public Service

    27:50

  31. Chapter 9 Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection

    31:41

  32. Chapter 10 Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Activities

    21:33

  33. Chapter 11 Interest in Public Affairs

    17:27

  34. Chapter 12 Defense of the Province

    21:28

  35. Chapter 13 Public Services and Duties

    32:29

  36. Chapter 14 Albany Plan of Union

    5:23

  37. Chapter 15 Quarrels with the Proprietary Governors

    7:53

  38. Chapter 16 Braddock's Expedition

    26:41

  39. Chapter 17 Franklin's Defense of the Frontier

    19:05

  40. Chapter 18 Scientific Experiments

    9:26

  41. Chapter 19 Agent of Pennsylvania in London

    35:20

  42. Appendix

    16:14

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Benjamin Franklin began his memoir in 1771 as a letter to his son and kept returning to it until his death in 1790, leaving it unfinished. It opens with his Boston childhood and apprenticeship, moves to Philadelphia where he builds his printing business, and records his civic projects, his scheme of thirteen virtues and his early public career. The narrative breaks off after his arrival in England on colonial business in 1757. It first appeared in 1791, in a French translation.

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Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.

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First published
1791
Reading time
About 5 hours
Pages
162
Language
English
Genre
Memoir
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Gary Gilberd