Autobiography of benjamin franklin summary

1791 book by Benjamin Franklin

Cover of the first English edition of 1793.
Author	Benjamin Franklin
Original title	Mémoires de la vie privée de Benjamin Franklin
Language	American English
Genre	Autobiography
Publisher	Buisson, Paris (French edition) J. Parson's, London (First English reprint)
Publication date	1791
Publication place	United States
Published in English	1793

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 appear 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 during which he wrote them.

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