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autobiographies

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  • noun Plural form of autobiography.

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Examples

  • For this reason, they who would read the truest kind of biographies must turn to those written by men of themselves, -- that is, the autobiographies; and these are, in fact, found to be among the most attractive specimens of literature in our language, or any other.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 Various

  • That such books are nonetheless called autobiographies remains jarring.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2011

  • An extra headache for Waterstone's recently came from usually lucrative non-fiction big name autobiographies, which "underperformed" over the Christmas period.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2010

  • An extra headache for Waterstone's recently came from usually lucrative non-fiction big name autobiographies, which "underperformed" over the Christmas period.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • An extra headache for Waterstone's recently came from usually lucrative non-fiction big name autobiographies, which "underperformed" over the Christmas period.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • An extra headache for Waterstone's recently came from usually lucrative non-fiction big name autobiographies, which "underperformed" over the Christmas period.

    Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2010

  • His autobiographies were a massive hit in local bookshops over Christmas and the New Year.

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2009

  • The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, By Himself, published in 1845, is another example I cited -- "passionate, demanding, denunciatory, self-analytical: 'autobiographies' now differed from people's 'memoirs,' as their authors challenged themselves and the world to be honest about their own lives."

    Nigel Hamilton: Bush and Memoirs Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, By Himself, published in 1845, is another example I cited -- "passionate, demanding, denunciatory, self-analytical: 'autobiographies' now differed from people's 'memoirs,' as their authors challenged themselves and the world to be honest about their own lives."

    Nigel Hamilton: Bush and Memoirs Nigel Hamilton 2010

  • The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, By Himself, published in 1845, is another example I cited -- "passionate, demanding, denunciatory, self-analytical: 'autobiographies' now differed from people's 'memoirs,' as their authors challenged themselves and the world to be honest about their own lives."

    Nigel Hamilton: Bush and Memoirs Nigel Hamilton 2010

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  • Really useful word for cats.

    February 8, 2016