The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiography written in the third person by the great-grandson and grandson of two American presidents. Privately printed in 1907 and published in 1918, it follows Adams from a Quincy boyhood through Harvard, Berlin and Rome, the years he spent as his father's secretary in London during the Civil War, journalism in Washington under Grant, and a late career as a historian. Adams insists throughout that his schooling fitted him for a world that had vanished, and the later chapters, including "The Dynamo and the Virgin," try to make sense of a century accelerating out of anyone's control. Twenty years of his life are passed over in silence. It received the Pulitzer Prize in 1919. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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Is The Education of Henry Adams in the public domain?
Yes. The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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About 11 h 44 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is The Education of Henry Adams?
The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams is filed under "History" in the Vinteuil library.
