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Franklin's Autobiography

by Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

21 chapters, about 65,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION. 2,600 words
2. § 1. PARENTAGE AND BOYHOOD. 6,100 words
3. § 2. SEEKS HIS FORTUNE. 7,500 words
4. § 3. FIRST VISIT TO LONDON. 4,000 words
5. 4. IN PHILADELPHIA AND IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF. 8,700 words
6. §5. CONTINUED SELF-EDUCATION. 500 words
7. 13. HUMILITY. 300 words
8. _FORM OF THE PAGES._ 2,400 words
9. B. F." 3,100 words
10. § 6. ENTERS PUBLIC LIFE. 6,100 words
11. § 7. PROJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. 6,600 words
12. ORGANIZATION OF MILITIA. 700 words
13. ADVERTISEMENT. 400 words
14. B. FRANKLIN. 500 words
15. B. FRANKLIN. 5,400 words
16. § 9. THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENTS. 2,000 words
17. § 10. MISSION TO ENGLAND. 4,800 words
18. FROM MR. ABEL JAMES (RECEIVED IN PARIS). 400 words
19. THE WAY TO WEALTH, 2,300 words
20. PROVERBS FROM POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC. 300 words
21. NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS 700 words

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