num_pages: 256
description: Franklin’s Autobiography is one of the most famous works in American literature. He started it as a private collection of anecdotes for his son, but soon it was transformed into a work of history, both personal and national, revealing Franklin as the man who, as Herman Melville said, possessed “deep worldly wisdom and polished Italian tact, gleaming under an air of Arcadian unaffectedness.
language: English
title: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, & Selections from His Other Writings
titlecomplete: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, & Selections from His Other Writings (Modern Library)
characters: Benjamin Franklin
genres: History, Classics, School, Autobiography, Memoir, American History, 18th Century, Politics, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2410
places: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
publisher: Modern Library