Project Gutenberg 2010-07-13 Public domain in the USA. 730 Various Verschillende Various, Various My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.) "My First Book" by Various is a collection of autobiographical essays written in the late 19th century. The authors included in this anthology, such as Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Jerome K. Jerome, share their experiences and reflections on the challenges and triumphs of their early writing careers. This compilation provides insights into the literary world of the time and highlights the perseverance required to succeed in literature. At the start of this collection, the reader is introduced to Jerome K. Jerome’s charming conversation with a young boy named Valentine in a park. Their discussion delves into Valentine’s aspirations to become an author, revealing his innocent love for storytelling and his sense of responsibility towards his mother. As they exchange their thoughts on literature, Valentine’s naive yet profound understanding of the calling serves to evoke nostalgia in Jerome, prompting him to reflect on the challenges faced by writers, the nature of good storytelling, and the importance of pursuing one’s passions amidst the trials experienced along the way. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/33148/33148-h/images/ill_cover_sml.jpg Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Authors, English -- Biography Authorship PN Text Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 571281 2025-08-13T11:38:36.833155 text/html 549879 2010-07-13T08:56:34 text/html 24016459 2025-08-13T11:39:22.728385 application/epub+zip 23943530 2025-08-13T11:38:50.619097 application/epub+zip 269582 2025-08-13T11:38:38.530129 application/epub+zip 29101308 2025-08-13T11:39:39.457347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28983755 2025-08-13T11:39:05.903515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365284 2022-09-15T08:12:45.951943 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461746 2025-08-13T11:38:34.483157 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 462053 2010-07-13T08:56:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 462073 2010-07-13T08:56:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20671 2025-08-13T11:39:39.893306 application/rdf+xml 8936 2025-08-13T11:38:38.657097 image/jpeg 1828 2025-08-13T11:38:38.595056 image/jpeg 183133 2010-07-13T08:57:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 23519690 2010-07-13T08:57:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 183050 2010-07-13T08:57:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 23699739 2025-08-13T11:38:37.881105 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog