An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
by Anthony Trollope
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
This letter was dated 30th April, 1876. I will give here as much of it as concerns the public: "I wish you to accept as a gift from me, given you now, the accompanying pages which contain a memoir of my life. My intention is that they shall be published after my death, and be edited by you. But I leave it altogether to your discretion whether to pu...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, Most Recommended Books, and Fiction.
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“Trollope's Autobiography is a wonderfully candid and inspiring one:”
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