Collection 41

Well-Educated Mind — Autobiographies

Self-examination as argument. How writers from Augustine to Gandhi accounted for their own lives and what they hoped we'd learn.

What does a life look like when the writer knows it will be read?

Level 1·Accessible
  • Up from Slavery
    Booker T. Washington
    Coming soon
    Up from Slavery
    Booker T. Washington
Level 2·Engagement
  • The Book of Margery Kempe
    Margery Kempe
    Coming soon
    The Book of Margery Kempe
    Margery Kempe
  • The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself
    Teresa of Ávila
    Coming soon
    The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Herself
    Teresa of Ávila
  • Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
    John Bunyan
    Coming soon
    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
    John Bunyan
  • The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration
    Mary Rowlandson
    Coming soon
    The Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration
    Mary Rowlandson
  • Confessions
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Coming soon
    Confessions
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
    Harriet Jacobs
    Coming soon
    Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
    Harriet Jacobs
  • Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
    Frederick Douglass
    Coming soon
    Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
    Frederick Douglass
  • An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
    Mohandas Gandhi
    Coming soon
    An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
    Mohandas Gandhi
  • The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
    Gertrude Stein
    Coming soon
    The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
    Gertrude Stein
Level 3·Advanced
  • Meditations on First Philosophy
    René Descartes
    Coming soon
    Meditations on First Philosophy
    René Descartes
  • Ecce Homo
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Coming soon
    Ecce Homo
    Friedrich Nietzsche
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