The Portable Benjamin Franklin

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  • It
  • takes
  • a
  • very
  • inclusive
  • anthology
  • to
  • encompass
  • the
  • protean
  • personality
  • and
  • range
  • of
  • interests
  • of
  • Benjamin
  • Franklin,
  • but
  • The
  • Portable
  • Benjamin
  • Franklin
  • succeeds
  • as
  • no
  • collection
  • has.
  • In
  • addition
  • to
  • the
  • complete
  • Autobiography,
  • the
  • volume
  • contains
  • about
  • 100
  • of
  • Franklin’s
  • major
  • writings—essays,
  • journalism,
  • letters,
  • political
  • tracts,
  • scientific
  • observations,
  • proposals
  • for
  • the
  • improvement
  • of
  • civic
  • and
  • personal
  • life,
  • literary
  • bagatelles,
  • and
  • private
  • musings.
  • The
  • selections
  • are
  • reprinted
  • in
  • their
  • entirety
  • and
  • organized
  • chronologically
  • within
  • six
  • sections
  • that
  • represent
  • the
  • full
  • range
  • of
  • Franklin’s
  • temperament.
  • The
  • result
  • is
  • a
  • zestful
  • read
  • for
  • Franklin
  • scholars
  • and
  • anyone
  • wanting
  • to
  • know
  • and
  • enjoy
  • this
  • American
  • icon.For
  • more
  • than
  • seventy
  • years,
  • Penguin
  • has
  • been
  • the
  • leading
  • publisher
  • of
  • classic
  • literature
  • in
  • the
  • English-speaking
  • world.
  • With
  • more
  • than
  • 1,700
  • titles,
  • Penguin
  • Classics
  • represents
  • a
  • global
  • bookshelf
  • of
  • the
  • best
  • works
  • throughout
  • history
  • and
  • across
  • genres
  • and
  • disciplines.
  • Readers
  • trust
  • the
  • series
  • to
  • provide
  • authoritative
  • texts
  • enhanced
  • by
  • introductions
  • and
  • notes
  • by
  • distinguished
  • scholars
  • and
  • contemporary
  • authors,
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • up-to-date
  • translations
  • by
  • award-winning translators.
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