Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1
William Cabell Bruce
Play
Length 17 h 7 min
Chapters 34
First published 1917
His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the tallow chandler's son, rising from the humblest levels of human fortune to the highest by uninterrupted gradations of invincible success, finally becomes the recipient of such a degree of impressive homage as has rarely been paid to anyone by the admiration and curiosity of mankind. (from Introduction)
Chapters
1
Introduction Read by Jim Locke 20:01
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Chapter 1, Franklin's Moral Standing and System, Part 1 Read by Jim Locke 32:30
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Chapter 1, Franklin's Moral Standing and System, Part 2 Read by Jim Locke 38:31
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Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 1 Read by Jim Locke 27:27
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Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 2 Read by Jim Locke 31:25
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Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 3 Read by Jim Locke 39:50
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Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 1 Read by Jim Locke 28:43
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Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 2 Read by Jim Locke 31:33
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Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 3 Read by Jim Locke 35:15
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Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 4 Read by Jim Locke 31:07
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Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 5 Read by Jim Locke 29:44
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Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 6 Read by Jim Locke 23:45
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Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 1 Read by Jim Locke 35:38
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Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 2 Read by Jim Locke 27:13
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Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 3 Read by Jim Locke 31:54
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Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 4 Read by Jim Locke 29:22
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Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 5 Read by Jim Locke 35:00
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Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 6 Read by Jim Locke 20:17
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Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 7 Read by Jim Locke 25:31
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Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 1 Read by Jim Locke 23:23
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Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 2 Read by Jim Locke 29:12
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Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 3 Read by Jim Locke 32:53
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Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 4 Read by Jim Locke 31:32
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Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 1 Read by Jim Locke 29:38
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Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 2 Read by Jim Locke 34:50
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Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 3 Read by Jim Locke 32:14
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Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 4 Read by Jim Locke 37:08
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Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 5 Read by Jim Locke 25:18
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Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 6 Read by Jim Locke 30:42
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Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 1 Read by Jim Locke 27:52
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Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 2 Read by Jim Locke 33:14
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Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 3 Read by Jim Locke 35:32
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Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 4 Read by Jim Locke 24:07
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Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 5 Read by Jim Locke 25:00
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