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 Chapter 1, Franklin's Personal Characteristics, Part 1 23 min 2 Chapter 1, Franklin's Personal Characteristics, Part 2 21 min 3 Chapter 2, Franklin as a Man of Business, Part 1 30 min 4 Chapter 2, Franklin as a Man of Business, Part 2 35 min 5 Chapter 2, Franklin as a Man of Business, Part 3 32 min 6 Chapter 2, Franklin as a Man of Business, Part 4 36 min 7 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 1 32 min 8 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 2 31 min 9 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 3 29 min 10 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 4 31 min 11 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 5 28 min 12 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 6 34 min 13 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 7 33 min 14 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 8 38 min 15 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 9 30 min 16 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 10 38 min 17 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 11 31 min 18 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 12 33 min 19 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 13 30 min 20 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 14 34 min 21 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 15 28 min 22 Chapter 3, Franklin as a Statesman, Part 16 32 min 23 Chapter 4, Franklin as a Man of Science, Part 1 34 min 24 Chapter 4, Franklin as a Man of Science, Part 2 36 min 25 Chapter 4, Franklin as a Man of Science, Part 3 33 min 26 Chapter 4, Franklin as a Man of Science, Part 4 35 min 27 Chapter 4, Franklin as a Man of Science, Part 5 17 min 28 Chapter 5, Franklin as a Writer, Part 1 36 min 29 Chapter 5, Franklin as a Writer, Part 2 31 min 30 Chapter 5, Franklin as a Writer, Part 3 38 min 31 Chapter 5, Franklin as a Writer, Part 4 39 min 32 Chapter 5, Franklin as a Writer, Part 5 38 min 33 Chapter 5, Franklin as a Writer, Part 6 45 min 34 Summary 8 min
