I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou with Maya Angelou (Narrator)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

10 hours, 11 minutes | first published 1969

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Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as ch...
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Moods

emotional 80%
reflective 74%
inspiring 51%
sad 35%
challenging 32%
hopeful 27%
informative 23%
dark 22%
funny 10%
tense 7%
adventurous 6%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

medium 61%
slow 24%
fast 13%

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4.24

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