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 20 min 2 Chapter 1, Franklin's Moral Standing and System, Part 1 32 min 3 Chapter 1, Franklin's Moral Standing and System, Part 2 39 min 4 Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 1 27 min 5 Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 2 31 min 6 Chapter 2, Franklin's Religious Beliefs, Part 3 40 min 7 Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 1 29 min 8 Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 2 32 min 9 Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 3 35 min 10 Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 4 31 min 11 Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 5 30 min 12 Chapter 3, Franklin, the Philanthropist and Citizen, Part 6 24 min 13 Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 1 36 min 14 Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 2 27 min 15 Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 3 32 min 16 Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 4 29 min 17 Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 5 35 min 18 Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 6 20 min 19 Chapter 4, Franklin's Family Relations, Part 7 26 min 20 Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 1 23 min 21 Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 2 29 min 22 Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 3 33 min 23 Chapter 5, Franklin's American Friends, Part 4 32 min 24 Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 1 30 min 25 Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 2 35 min 26 Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 3 32 min 27 Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 4 37 min 28 Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 5 25 min 29 Chapter 6, Franklin's British Friends, Part 6 31 min 30 Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 1 28 min 31 Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 2 33 min 32 Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 3 36 min 33 Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 4 24 min 34 Chapter 7, Franklin's French Friends, Part 5 25 min
