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Poor Richard’s Almanack Audiobook

Poor Richard’s Almanack Audiobook

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by Benjamin Franklin

  • Narrated by: Jacques Richey
  • Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
  • Release date: 12-04-19
  • Language: English

Poor Richard’s Almanack is an almanac published annually from 1732 to 1758 by Benjamin Franklin, under the pseudonym of “Poor Richard” or “Richard Saunders”. Almanacks were very popular in colonial America, usually offering a mixture of weather forecasts, practical household hints, puzzles, and other amusements. 

Poor Richard’s Almanack contained the calendar, astronomical and astrological information, poems, and sayings. In the spaces that occurred between noted calendar days, Franklin included proverbial sentences about industry and frugality. Franklin also included the occasional mathematical exercise, and the 1750 Almanack features an early example of demographics. It is mainly remembered, however, for being a repository of Franklin’s aphorisms and proverbs, many of which live on in American English.

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Author

Benjamin Franklin

Language

English

Length

1 hr and 36 mins

Narrated by

Jacques Richey

Release date

12-04-19

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