Autobiography
Shortly after Gibbon finished his magnum opus on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he wrote the first draft of his autobiography in 1788. It is an important chronicle of intellectual life in the late 18th century.
The Autobiography of Edward Gibbon (London: Dent, 1911). Introduction by Oliphant Smeaton.
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- Author: Edward Gibbon
- Introduction: Oliphant Smeaton
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Table of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- MEMOIRS OF MY LIFE AND WRITINGS
- Beriton, April 14, 1761. (In a short excursion from Dover.)
- Beriton, August 4, 1761. (In a week’s excursion from Winchester camp.)
- Beriton, January 1762. (In a month’s absence from the Devizes.)
- Beriton, July 26, 1762. (During my summer residence.)
- LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH OF GIBBON
- “From Gibbon to Lord Sheffield
- “Gibbon to Lord Sheffield at Brighton
- “Gibbon to Lord Sheffield
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