Free autobiography books

An autobiography is a life told by the person who lived it, from the beginning. You get the whole arc in their own words: childhood, breaks, failures and what it all looked like from the inside. These are the full stories of public figures and remarkable ordinary people. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.

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Life of Jay Gould
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Free

Life of Jay Gould

Murat Halstead, J. Frank Beale Jr.

Published 1892

502 pages

Strathmore
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Strathmore

Ouida

1878 · 1891 edition

622 pages

Abraham Cowley
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Abraham Cowley

Emma A. Yarnall

Published 1897

254 pages

Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle

James Anthony Froude

Published 1882

830 pages

George Meredith
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George Meredith

Richard Le Gallienne

Published 1890

270 pages