Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1, credited to William Cabell Bruce, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1 by William Cabell Bruce. Read in English by Jim Locke 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1
• Author credits: William Cabell Bruce
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 17:07:21

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - Introduction — 20:01
2. 02 - Chapter 1, Franklin's Moral Standing and System, Part 1 — 32:30
3. 03 - Chapter 1, Franklin's Moral Standing and System, Part 2 — 38:31
4. 04 - Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 1 — 27:27
5. 05 - Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 2 — 31:25
6. 06 - Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 3 — 39:50
7. 07 - Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 1 — 28:43
8. 08 - Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 2 — 31:33
9. 09 - Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 3 — 35:15
10. 10 - Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 4 — 31:07
11. 11 - Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 5 — 29:44
12. 12 - Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 6 — 23:45
13. 13 - Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 1 — 35:38
14. 14 - Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 2 — 27:13
15. 15 - Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 3 — 31:54
16. 16 - Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 4 — 29:22
17. 17 - Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 5 — 35:00
18. 18 - Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 6 — 20:17
19. 19 - Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 7 — 25:31
20. 20 - Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 1 — 23:23
21. 21 - Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 2 — 29:12
22. 22 - Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 3 — 32:53
23. 23 - Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 4 — 31:32
24. 24 - Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 1 — 29:38

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