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Excerpt from Memories and Base Details
I feel that a word of apology is due to a long-suffering public for having yet another autobiography thrust upon them. The idea was not my own and I must plead guilty to having succumbed to the possible financial advantages which might be the result of the publication of my Memories and Base Details. I do not believe that anyone, however fond of advertisement, sits down deliberately to lay bare their life for dissection by a ruthless public, unless the consideration of L. S. D. Is at all events lurking in the background. The autobiographer''s path is beset with pitfalls. For the book to be a seller it has to appeal to all sorts and conditions. A heterogeneous public has to be catered for, and one man''s meat may be another man''s poison. Some people enjoy the dinner-table intimate conversation, but the diners probably become your enemies for life. The intimacies of every day life may appeal to a certain section of the public, While to another, domestic details are boring.
To plough the furrow of one''s memory, to unearth incidents, long grown dim, but which the reader expects to have related in detail, is not an easy matter. Through the mirage of time events lose their proper proportions as one views them on the skyline of recollection, and one is apt to exaggerate or to belittle their relative values. Apart from this, the autobiographer has to be candid without being caustic, and, above all, he or she must know when to be reticent.
Should there be any merit in truthfulness then my memoirs will go out equipped with one virtue, for I have written nothing that I cannot verify.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
I feel that a word of apology is due to a long-suffering public for having yet another autobiography thrust upon them. The idea was not my own and I must plead guilty to having succumbed to the possible financial advantages which might be the result of the publication of my Memories and Base Details. I do not believe that anyone, however fond of advertisement, sits down deliberately to lay bare their life for dissection by a ruthless public, unless the consideration of L. S. D. Is at all events lurking in the background. The autobiographer''s path is beset with pitfalls. For the book to be a seller it has to appeal to all sorts and conditions. A heterogeneous public has to be catered for, and one man''s meat may be another man''s poison. Some people enjoy the dinner-table intimate conversation, but the diners probably become your enemies for life. The intimacies of every day life may appeal to a certain section of the public, While to another, domestic details are boring.
To plough the furrow of one''s memory, to unearth incidents, long grown dim, but which the reader expects to have related in detail, is not an easy matter. Through the mirage of time events lose their proper proportions as one views them on the skyline of recollection, and one is apt to exaggerate or to belittle their relative values. Apart from this, the autobiographer has to be candid without being caustic, and, above all, he or she must know when to be reticent.
Should there be any merit in truthfulness then my memoirs will go out equipped with one virtue, for I have written nothing that I cannot verify.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Angela Forbes
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331435344
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 370
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Angela Forbes
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781334091148
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 372
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