Twenty Years of My Life by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

"Twenty Years of My Life" by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen is a memoir written in the late 19th century. The book recounts the author's experiences and interactions with notable literary figures during his time in London, providing personal anecdotes and insights into the literary society of the period. Sladen, who shifts from a legal career to literature, shares his journey through key cities such as Australia, Japan, and the United States, illustrating the influences that shaped his own writing. At the start of the memoir, Sladen introduces his childhood and background, detailing the significant events and influences leading to his eventual career as a writer. He reflects on his upbringing, educational journey, and early aspirations while recounting experiences from his travels that fostered his literary ambitions. The opening establishes the framework for the subsequent chapters, which will delve deeper into his interactions with various authors and the vibrant literary culture of his time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947
Illustrator Makino, Yoshio, 1874-1956
LoC No. 15017976
Title Twenty Years of My Life
Credits MFR, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Authors -- Biography
Subject Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947
Category Text
eBook-No. 65376
Release Date
Last Update Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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