My Autobiography (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Charlie Chaplin
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Author: Charlie ChaplinIntroduction: David Robinson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-24
ISBN: 0141011475
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
Charlie Chaplin's life story makes a real page-turner of a book. The misery of his first twelve years had me almost in tears; he lived with his mentally ill mother in an endless series of squalid rooms in the worst slums of Victorian London. They lived on pennies a week and he was eventually sent to a workhouse for over a year where the beatings were right out of Dickens. What a contrast to his later life! While traveling in a vaudeville show in the U.S. he was invited to Hollywood where he created the character of the tramp and rose to international fame and fortune.
Chaplin writes in a very readable style, recounting the horrors and high points of his life with fascinating detail (except for his many love affairs and marriages which are barely mentioned). He socialized with royalty and traveled the world, yet he never forgot his humble beginnings. The book contains many personal photos and is highly recommended, especially for film fans.
Summary of My Autobiography (Penguin Modern Classics)
Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first published in 1964 and was written almost entirely without reference to documentation - simply as an astonishing feat of memory by a 75 year old man. It is an incomparably vivid reconstruction of a poor London childhood, the music hall and then his prodigious life in the movies.Arts & Literature Books
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