Showing posts with label Autobiography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Autobiography. Show all posts
The Confessions of Saint Augustine / Saint Augustine
Title: The Confessions of Saint Augustine
Author: Saint Augustine
Translator: E. B. Pusey (Edward Bouverie)
Subjects: Religion; Autobiography
Confessions is generally considered the first Western autobiographical work. It is considered among the great masterpieces of western literature. The work outlines Saint Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity.
Sons and Lovers / D. H. Lawrence
Title: Sons and Lovers
Author: David Herbert Lawrence
Author: David Herbert Lawrence
Introduction: John Macy
Subjects: Autobiography; Classic; Fiction
It is regarded as a masterpiece by many critics and Lawrence's finest achievement. Sons and Lovers is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence and the clash of generations.
Story of My Life / Helen Keller
Title: Story of My Life
Author: Helen Keller
Subjects: Autobiography
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor degree. It is her autobiography detailing her early life, especially her experiences with Anne Sullivan (lifelong companion of Helen Keller) as a teacher, guide and friend.
The Story of My Experiments with Truth / Mohandas K. Gandhi
Title: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Author: Mohandas K. Gandhi
Subjects: Autobiography
It is an autobiography of one of the most influential man on earth. Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Nathuram Godse assassinated Gandhi on 30 January 1948. This is one of the must read autobiography.
Little Women / Louisa May Alcott
Title: Little Women
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Subjects: Autobiography; Classic; Fiction
The novel is based on the author and her three sisters's from childhood to womanhood. Scholars classify Little Women as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. Little Women has been read as a romance and as a quest, family drama that validates virtue over wealth, but also as a kind of escape.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / Benjamin Franklin
Title: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Editor: Frank Woodworth Pine
Illustrator: E. Boyd Smith
Subjects: Autobiography; Classic
It has become one of the most famous and influential autobiography ever written. Editor F. W. Pine wrote that Franklin's biography provided the "most remarkable of all the remarkable histories of our self-made men" with Franklin as the greatest exemplar. Must read for autobiography readers.
Walden / Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Subjects: Autobiography; Philosophy; Social
It is about simple living in natural surroundings. It is also a kind of personal declaration of independence by Thoreau. It is also a social experiment. Actually Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection by living alone in Walden self dependently. Thoreau inspires.
Youth / Leo Tolstoy
Title: Youth
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Translator: C. J. Hogarth
Subjects: Autobiography; Classic; Fiction
Youth is the third in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and Boyhood. Its about emerging awareness of the world, himself and the people around. Again it is a must read including the first two volumes of the trilogy.
Childhood / Leo Tolstoy
Title: Childhood
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Translation: C.J. Hogarth
Subjects: Autobiography; Fiction; Children
Childhood, Tolstoy's first novel(la) and the first of his 3 autobiographical novels (Childhood, Boyhood, Youth). Childhood is an exploration of the inner life of a young boy, Nikolenka. It is one of best recommended autobiographical book, including other two books.
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