Project Gutenberg 2006-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 112 Tupper, Martin Farquhar 1810 1889 Tupper, Martin F. (Martin Farquhar) Tupper, M. F. (Martin Farquhar) 29030117 My Life as an Author Reading ease score: 56.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Stacy Brown Thellend, Robert Connal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "My Life as an Author" by Martin Farquhar Tupper is an autobiography written in the late 19th century. This work outlines the author’s reflections on his life experiences, focusing on his literary career and the influences that shaped his writing. Tupper, a prolific Victorian writer, analyzes his early life, educational journey, and the numerous travels that inspired his literary endeavors. The opening of the autobiography reveals Tupper's initial reluctance to write about his life, which stems from a desire to avoid self-promotion and the trivialities that often accompany personal narratives. He expresses this sentiment through a sonnet that captures his intention to document his experiences without entering the realm of vanity. Tupper further reflects on his upbringing, describing his childhood in London, his family heritage, and early education, highlighting the impact of his formative years on his literary ambitions. He sets the tone for the narrative by asserting that his true life story is encapsulated within the literature he has created rather than in a traditional autobiography. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889 PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 848164 848184 2024-10-08T03:44:36.272301 2023-09-08T06:16:07.671328 text/html text/html 867189 2006-01-20T17:16:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 349223 2006-01-20T17:16:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 446693 2024-10-08T03:44:58.600186 application/epub+zip 455700 2024-10-08T03:44:43.505295 application/epub+zip 410483 2024-10-08T03:44:40.111295 application/epub+zip 933128 2024-10-08T03:45:07.095231 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1008791 2024-10-08T03:44:53.905280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 801103 2022-09-08T11:43:51.253745 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 729484 729207 2024-10-08T03:44:33.717335 2023-09-08T06:16:05.563306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 729145 2006-01-20T17:16:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 304623 2006-01-20T17:16:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 729212 2006-01-20T17:16:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 304405 2006-01-20T17:16:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21687 2024-10-08T03:45:07.242144 application/rdf+xml 13369 2024-10-08T03:44:40.717280 image/jpeg 3466 2024-10-08T03:44:40.409279 image/jpeg 419582 2024-10-08T03:44:36.364330 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia