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HERE IN THE BLAZING HEAT of an American August, amid the hurry and scurry of New York, I sit down to write my final declaration of Faith, as a preface or foreword to the story of my life. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe a word of it., Jul 6 2004

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This review is from: My Life And Loves (Paperback)

A very minimal amount of research will tell you that 1) this is by far Mr. Harris's best known and most popular work and that 2) it is at best "highly unreliable", as one source charitably puts it.

I happen to think there is something very suspect, or at least very curious, about being known primarily for your autobiography. If we hadn't heard of you from elsewhere, why would we want to read your autobiography in the first place? Well, in this case the answer is fairly obvious (for certain of us, that is, not me), but, on the other hand, anyone can do that, especially if he's allowed simply to manufacture the anecdotes.

In short, you're wasting your time bothering with this boastful, swaggering, blustering imposture.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Racy & Absorbing, May 11 2002

By	W.Khan (Providence, RI United States) - See all my reviews

A racy,raunchy but immensely readable autobiography of Frank Harris.Harris is a consummate story-teller & raconteur with a vivid style.An energetic and accomplished dilletante he recounts his childhood in stuffy Victorian England groping underneath a skirt at the first available opportunity ("her bottom was like a warm marble"!) to his trip across the pond to America ,where he worked as a cowboy,clerk and lawyer among other things.He had an amazing memory and acquired a lot of erudition,seemingly effortlessly.Anecdotes of Ruskin,Randolph Churchill,Rodin among a score of others are sprinkled liberally .His refreshing honesty,contempt for humbug & hypocrisy along with boundless energy and optimism makes this a great read.It makes for a leisurely read and is best savored during the hot, long summer after dinner___ over a cigar!

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5.0 out of 5 stars What can you say about THE CLASSIC ..., Dec 8 2000

By	Rudolf Spoerer "dowadiddi" (Weston, FL United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

I really don't know how many of My Life and Loves volumes have been sold worldwide but it seems to me that most of my friends in different countries all found this book in their dads library and usually well hidden behind other books.....

The five volume book of almost 1000 pages is a faboulous look into 19th century world and a compendium of famous and not so famous people of the era ,,,

Not only does the author deal with socio-economic and religious thoughts and beliefs of the time but he takes the dryness out of historial perspective by peppering the book with numerous erotic escapades of the tenderest nature ....

If all history books were as good as this one I would have certainly gotten a PHd in History .....

This book is a MUST HAVE for your erotic library ... AND it's one of the few classic erotics that will NEVER go out of print!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful and exciting memories!!!!!!!
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