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Klappentext The autobiography, published in 1905, of one of the most popular Victorian writers, whose Self-Help (1859) made his name. Zusammenfassung One of the most popular Victorian writers, Samuel Smiles (1812–1904) made his name with Self-Help (1859) and his Lives of the Engineers (1861–2). Left incomplete at his death but published in 1905, his straightforward and unpretentious autobiography will interest readers fascinated by the Victorian drive for self-improvement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Boyhood and education; 2. Youthful recollections; 3. A student of medicine; 4. Reform, the Lauder raid, the cholera; 5. Surgeon in Haddington; 6. A rolling stone gathers no moss; 7. Returns to England: London, Sheffield; 8. Editor of the Leeds Times; 9. Life in Leeds; 10. I leave political life; 11. End of residence in Leeds; 12. Newcastle and the neighbourhood; 13. Secretary of the South-Eastern Railway; 14. A successful author at last!; 15. Railway work: Charing Cross line; 16. Lives of the Engineers, and other works; 17. The Huguenots: travels in France; 18. The North Frisian Islands; 19. Character, illness, a long rest; 20. Thrift, The Scotch Naturalist, George Moore, etc.; 21. Visit to Italy; 22. Growing old; 23. Appreciation from foreigners; 24. Translations, Royat, Italy; Index.
