# Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

By Benjamin Franklin.

"Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by Benjamin Franklin is an unfinished memoir written between 1771 and 1790. Franklin recounts his journey from a young apprentice fleeing Boston to becoming a successful printer and civic leader in Philadelphia. The work famously details his "Project of arriving at moral Perfection" through thirteen virtues, revealing his struggles and philosophies. Written across four parts over nearly two decades, this influential autobiography ends when Franklin was 52, leaving three decades of his remarkable life unrecorded. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Editor: Frank Woodworth Pine
- Illustrator: E. Boyd Smith
- Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/1143) by Benjamin Franklin (7 h 31 min, English)
- [Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/12556) by Benjamin Franklin (7 h 17 min, English)

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