书名：The Autobiography & Other Writings 富兰克林自传及作品集

作者：Benjamin Franklin

出版社名称：Bantam Classics

出版时间：2008

语种：英文
ISBN
：9780553210750

商品尺寸：10.7 x 2.1 x 17.2 cm

包装：平装

页数：360



       The Autobiography & Other Writing《富兰克林自传》影响了好几代美国人，且至今依然是美国重要的、读者不可胜数的自传作品。本书包含了很多通过努力奋斗走向成功的真知灼见，以及众多道德真谛与对世人的告诫，在美国被认为是改变了无数人命运的优秀书籍。本杰明·富兰克林的一生诠释了什么是美国梦，他的精神定义了什么是美国人。本书适合对人物传记、励志小说感兴趣的书迷朋友阅读。

推荐理由：

       1.历经两百余年而不衰的励志奇书，美国《时代周刊》推荐，改变无数人命运的美国精神读本；
       2.
美国国会图书馆评选“塑造美国的书”（books that shaped America）之一；
       3.
百元美钞正面的肖像，不是林肯，也不是华盛顿，而是本杰明·富兰克林；
       4.
阅读《富兰克林自传》仿佛与一个伟大心灵对话，可以收获一份人生修养的智慧；
       5.
整部自传语言通俗易懂，文笔优美流畅，开创了美国传记文学的新篇章；

       6.了解西方历史文化的窗口，原汁原味的英文原版无删减，小巧轻便，阅读方便。

    This authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quintessential American who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman.
     “Reasonably priced, comprehensive edition with good selection of other writings.”
                                       

—Virginia Caris, George Washington University
     “I really like this edition because of the variety of Franklin’s writings represented here. The affordability of this text is greatly appreciated by the students as well.”
                                       

—Lynn Searfoss, Purdue University


       The Autobiography
《富兰克林自传》实际上是本杰明·富兰克林写给儿子威廉·富兰克林的家书。以拉家常的方式，把自己成功的经验和失败的教训娓娓道来，整部自传在通俗易懂的叙述中不时会有睿智和哲理的火花，开创了美国传记文学的优良传统，使自传成为一种新的文学体裁。《富兰克林自传》是在读者如饥似渴的等待中出版的，一经问世被一抢而光。世界各地的青年人都希望学习富兰克林成功的秘诀，他们把这部书当成“人生指导”读物。本书除自传，还收录了本杰明·富兰克林的其他作品，包括年鉴、实验报告、随笔、诗歌、信件等。

      Here are selections from Franklin’s newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom ofPoor Richard’s Almanac, from his entertaining letters, from his scientific essays, from his political and revolutionary writings, plus a generous sampling of his famous aphorisms, poems, and humor. And, most important, here is a newly edited text of one of the most vital and important works of American literature, the Autobiography. As fascinating and as relevant as ever, this timeless collection of writings reveals an extraordinary man whose mind was always curious, always questioning, and who forever remained dedicated to the principles of truth and liberty.



     Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
    Franklin earned the title of “The First American” for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity, first as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies. As the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.

       本杰明·富兰克林出生于美国马萨诸塞州波士顿，美国著名的政治家、物理学家，同时也是出版商、印刷商、记者、作家、慈善家；更是杰出的外交家及发明家。他是美国独立战争时重要的领导人之一，参与了多项重要文件的草拟，并曾出任美国驻法国大使，成功取得法国支持美国独立。富兰克林曾经进行多项关于电的实验，并且发明了避雷针。他还发明了双焦点眼镜，蛙鞋等等。富兰克林被选为英国皇家学会院士，曾是美国首位邮政局长，并被美国的权威期刊《大西洋月刊》评为影响美国的100位人物第6名。


Introduction by Peter Shaw
彼得·肖序
A Note on the Text
文本注释
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
自传正文
FRANKLIN’S OUTLINES FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
富兰克林自传摘要
SELECTED WRITINGS
富兰克林作品选
Newspaper Writing (1722-1734)
报刊作品
    Silence Dogood #7,New England Courant;
无名英雄——《新英报》
    Preface to thePennsylvania Gazette;
宾夕法尼亚公报前言
    A Witch Trial at Mount Holly
芒特霍利女巫的审判
Poor Richard’s Almanac (1733-1758)
穷查德年鉴
    Prefaces to Almanacs for 1733 and 1739; 1733
和1739年鉴前言
    The Way to Wealth
致富之路
Projects (1728-1749)
项目集
    Rules for a Club Established for Mutual Improvement;
共同进步社团守则
    A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America
建议在美国的英国种植园间促进有用的知识
Observations and Experiments (1744-1785)
观察报告及实验
    The Pennsylvania Fireplace (the Franklin Stove)
宾夕法尼亚州壁炉（富兰克林壁炉）
    To Peter Collinson, the Kite Experiment;
致彼得：风筝实验
    To Peter Collinson, Description of a Whirlwind;
致彼得：龙卷风的描述
    Of Lightning (The Lightning Rod)
闪电（避雷针）
Essays (1747-1768)
随笔
    The Speech of Polly Baker;
波莉·贝克演讲
    Exporting of Felons to the Colonies;
输出重罪犯到殖民地
    Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind and the Peopling of Countries
关于人口增加和国家治理的观察
    On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor
论玉米的价格与穷人的管理
Letters (1771-1775)
信件
    To Mrs. Jonathan Shipley;
致乔纳森·希普利夫人
    To Jonathan Shipley
致乔纳森·希普利
Revolutionary Writings (1766-1787)
革命时期作品
    Rules by which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a small One;
帝国分解规则
    The Sale of the Hessians;
麻布的销售
    To the Count de Vergennes, a Diplomatic Apology
致威尔伯爵，外交道歉
    Speech In the Constitutional Convention
宪法会议上的讲话
Wise, Practical, and Humorous Writings of the Aged Sage (1772-1790)
老年圣贤的睿智、实用、幽默作品
    To Joseph Priestly, on Moral Algebra, or Decision-making;
致约瑟夫·普里斯特利：道德代数及决策
    Three Bagatelles and a Letter: The Ephemera, The Whistle, The Elysian Fields, To Madame Brillon, a Treaty;
三琐事及一封信：蜉蝣，口哨，极乐世界，致布瑞琳夫人：协议
    To Samuel Mather, on Cotton Mather;
致塞缪尔·马瑟：关于科顿·马瑟
    To Ezra Stiles, a Religious Credo
致埃兹拉·斯泰尔斯：宗教信条
Poems and Epitaph
诗和墓志铭
    My Plain Country Joan;
琼，我的平原
    Drinking Song;
饮酒歌
    Franklin’s Epitaph
富兰克林墓志铭
Bibliography
参考书目
Index
索引



DEAR SON:
      I have ever had pleasure in obtaining any little anecdotes of my ancestors. You may remember the inquiries I made among the remains of my relations when you were with me in England, and the journey I undertook for that purpose. Imagining it may be equally agreeable to you to know the circumstances of my life, many of which you are yet unacquainted with, and expecting the enjoyment of a week’s uninterrupted leisure in my present country retirement, I sit down to write them for you. To which I have besides some other inducements. Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred, to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having gone so far through life with a considerable share of felicity, the conducing means I made use of, which with the blessing of God so well succeeded, my posterity may like to know, as they may find some of them suitable to their own situations, and therefore fit to be imitated.
      That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first. So I might, besides correcting the faults, change some sinister accidents and events of it for others more favorable. But though this were denied, I should still accept the offer. Since such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one’s life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.