Books Tagged ‘Biography’
De Profundis (From the Depths)
Subject: Nonfiction
De Profundis (Latin: “from the depths”) is a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to “Bosie” (Lord Alfred Douglas). In ...
Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, LGBT
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Subject: Philosophy
Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD. The work outlines Saint Augustine...
Tags: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Biography, Religion, Theology, Christian
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Subject: Biography
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 himsel...
Tags: American, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography, History
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Subject: Historical
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Mas...
Tags: Classics, Historical, Biography, Memoir
Walden
Subject: Essay
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, is a vivid account of the time that Henry D. Thoreau lived alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. It is one of the most influential and compell...
Tags: Classics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Nature, Autobiography, Biography, Essays