Summary of ben franklin autobiography part 2
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
1791 book by Benjamin Franklin
Cover of the first English edition of 1793. | |
| Author | Benjamin Franklin |
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| 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. There are actual breaks between the first three parts of the narrative, but Part Three's narrative continues into Part Four without an authorial break. The work ends with events in his life from the year 1758 when he was 52 (Franklin would die in 1790 at age 84).
In the "Introduction" of the 1916 publ
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Part 2 Summary
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- This section begins with copies of letters two of Franklin's friends write to him when he's living in Paris after the American Revolution (the Revolution is what made Franklin take a break after writing Part 1).
- The first, short letter is from Abel James. James is really pleased that he had the good luck to read Part 1 of Franklin's autobiography. He wants Franklin to keep writing.
- James tells Franklin that his writing could profoundly affect the minds of teenagers and twenty-somethings, and thinks millions of people would miss out if Franklin stopped writing.
- Franklin is really impressed by this letter, so he shows it to his other friend Benjamin Vaughan.
- This inspires Vaughan to write Franklin a letter of his own, which Franklin also includes in the autobiography.
- In his letter, Vaughan says that Franklin should definitely finish writing it, and that the story of his life will read like an advertisement for America itself. He compares Franklin's writing to books by guys like Caesar and Tacitus, which is pretty high praise. Basically, he thinks Franklin's complete autobiography will be the greatest thing since sliced bread…except they might not have even h