My Autobiography (Penguin Modern Classics)

by David Robinson (Introduction), Charles Chaplin (Author), David Robinson (Introduction), David Robinson (Introduction), Charles Chaplin (Author)

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  2003

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  Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first published in 1964 and was written almost entirely without reference to documentation - simply as an astonishing feat of memory by a 75 year old man. It is an incomparably vivid reconstruction of a poor London childhood, the music hall and then his prodigious life in the movies.