Biographies

Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition

Bonner, Hypatia Bradlaugh; Robertson, J. M.

The work is a biographical volume compiled by Hypatia Bradlaugh and J. M.

My Life — Volume 1

Richard Wagner

The work is an autobiographical memoir of the German composer Richard Wagner, presented in a first‑person…

The Confessions of St. Augustine

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint

The work is a first‑person spiritual autobiography by Augustine of Hippo, the fourth‑century bishop and…

Meditations

Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

The work is a sprawling autobiographical meditation by Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor whose lineage…

The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete

John Forster

The work is a three‑volume biography of Charles Dickens by John Forster, presented as a single, continuous…

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s “Life on the Mississippi” is a first‑hand travel memoir that plunges the reader into the gritty…

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

The work is an autobiographical account attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the eighteenth‑century American…

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Frederick Douglass

This work is an autobiographical narrative by Frederick Douglass, the former enslaved man who became a…

The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay

Mary Wollstonecraft

The volume presents the intimate correspondence between Mary Wollstonecraft, the pioneering 18th‑century…

Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude

Austin Bidwell

Austin Bidwell’s *Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison* is a first‑person confession that blends…

Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-Q

Frederic Boase

Modern English Biography, Volume 2 (I‑Q) is a reference work compiled by Frederic Boase that gathers concise,…

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself

Olaudah Equiano

The work is an autobiographical narrative by Olaudah Equiano, an African who was enslaved and later freed,…

Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The volume gathers Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s later reflections, beginning with a satirical sketch of the…

The Anabasis of Alexander: or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great

Arrian

Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander presents a meticulous chronicle of the Macedonian king’s campaigns, beginning…

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete

Suetonius

Suetonius’s The Lives of the Twelve Caesars offers a compact, biographical survey of Rome’s early imperial…

The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes

Charles Dalton

The Waterloo Roll Call with Biographical Notes and Anecdotes is a meticulous reference work that catalogues…

Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H

Frederic Boase

Frederic Boase’s Modern English Biography, volume 1 (A‑H) is a reference work rather than a narrative…

Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources

Emperor of the French Napoleon I

The volume presents, for the first time, a complete collection of Napoleon I’s letters to his wife Joséphine,…

A Pickle for the Knowing Ones

Timothy Dexter

The work is a self‑published memoir of Timothy Dexter, a New England merchant whose life spanned the…

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Harriet A. Jacobs

The work is an autobiographical narrative by Harriet A. Jacobs, presented under the pseudonym Linda Brent,…

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Edwin Lefevre

The book is a first‑person memoir of a young man who rises from a quotation‑board boy in a New York brokerage…

De Profundis

Oscar Wilde

De Profundis is Oscar Wilde’s extended letter‑essay, composed in the bleak confines of a Victorian prison…

Rizal's own story of his life

José Rizal

Rizal’s Own Story of His Life is a biographical work by José Rizal, the Filipino nationalist whose life…

Emily Brontë

A. Mary F. Robinson

This work is a biographical narrative that interweaves letters, diary entries, and vivid description to chart…