Biography Books

Main-Street

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Main-Street is a narrative history of the metamorphosis of a pathway through a primordial, untouched forest barely trodden by moccasined Indians into a busy main-street thoroughfare that winds through..

Saint Francis of Assisi

G. K. Chesterton

By universal acclaim, this biography by G. K. Chesterton is considered the best appreciation of Francis's life--the one that gets to the heart of the matter...

The Golden Age

Kenneth Grahame

The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame and first published in book form in 1895, by The Bodley Head in London and by Stone & Kimball in Chicago...

Alexander Pope Biography

Leslie Stephen

Alexander Pope Biography is biographical work written by Leslie Stephen. Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, including Essay on Critici..

The Autobiography of Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Autobiography of Goethe is an autobiography by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that comprises the time from the poet's childhood to the days in 1775, when he was about to leave for Weimar...

Among the Great Masters of Music

Walter Rowlands

Among the GreOne of the most ancient legends handed down to us by the early Church is that of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. She is known to have been honoured by Christians as far..

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte

William Milligan Sloane

This life of Napoleon was first published in 1896 as a book: for the years 1895-96 it ran as a serial in the pages of the Century Magazine. Judging from the sales, it has been read by many tens if not..

Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

Of the many 'rags to riches' stories in US history, Andrew Carnegie's is one of the most fascinating. After immigrating from Scotland when he was a child, he worked his way up through a telegraph comp..