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My First Book (Version 2)

Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literature? Did they slave away every evening after a hard day at the office? Did they devote their golden years to reflect on a life well-spent? Some faced rejection while others found almost instant success. In this volume, we learn from the authors themselves what launched their literary careers... Bret Harte, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.M. Ballantyne, H. Rider Haggard and many other favorites contributed their stories. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Year of Publication: 1894Genres: Biography & Autobiography

Running Time: 08 hours 04 minutes 56 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Introduction by Jerome K. Jerome Jim Gallagher	13:01
2	Ready-Money Mortiboy by Walter Besant Lynne T	18:04
3	The Family Scapegrace by James Payn jenno	17:09
4	The Wreck of the 'Grosvenor' by W. Clark John	20:04
5	Phisiological Aesthetics and Philistia by Grant Allen Lynne T	17:53
6	The Shadow of a Crime by Hall Caine jenno	32:57
7	The Social Kaleidoscope by George R. Sims Lynne T	20:43
8	Departmental Ditties by Rudyard Kipling Phil Schempf	10:02
9	Juvenilia by A. Conan Doyle jenno	16:27
10	The Trail of the Serpent by M.E. Braddon Kathleen Moore	21:44
11	The House of Elmore by F.W. Robinson Kathleen Moore	14:07
12	Dawn by H. Rider Haggard Kathleen Moore	26:56
13	Hudson's Bay by R.M. Ballantyne Phil Schempf	15:10
14	The Premier and the Painter by I. Zangwill Availle	25:31
15	The Western Avernus by Morley Robinson jenno	18:58
16	A Life's Atonement by David Christie Murray jenno	20:57
17	A Romance of Two Worlds by Marie Corelli Lynne Handler	25:29
18	On the Stage and Off by Jerome K. Jerome KevinS	30:48
19	Cavalry Life by 'John Strange Winter' (Mrs. Arthur Stannard) Kathrine Engan	28:14
20	Californian Verse by Bret Harte Scotty Smith	17:55
21	Dead Man's Rock by 'Q' Chad Jackson	20:11
22	Undertones and Idylls and Legends of Inverburn by Robert Buchanan Kathrine Engan	26:25
23	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Elijah Fisher	26:11