The book has 1,058 pages and narrates autobiographical accounts and events

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What is difference between 'account' and 'event'?

The book has 1,058 pages and narrates autobiographical accounts and events of John including his joining the KBB, time during the partition of Attilastan, his meeting and growing relationship with Jackson, and many other events in his life.

Avangi · Accepted Answer

It seems a little bit dumb, doesn't it?

To narrate an account is to tell a story. To give an account is to tell a story.

The account is the story.

The events are in the story. They are the things which happened.

We give (narrate) an account of the events.

I'm going to narrate an account of the events which occurred on December 14, 1901.

Jackson6612 · Answer

Avangi, I think you are right. That text was taken from Wikipedia. People make a lot of mistakes on Wikipedia but it is still one of the best gifts of the internet to mankind.

Is it correct now?

The book has 1,058 pages and narrates autobiographical accounts of events of John including his joining the KBB, time during the partition of Attilastan, his meeting and growing relationship with Jackson, and many other events in his life.

Thank you for the help.

Avangi · Answer

Well, you know, the ****** prepositions!

make / give an account / accounting of my recent activities

This is a / the story of / about John.

These are some of the events of / in John's life.

Let me tell you some of the things that have happened to John.

This is one of the most important events of John. (This is not idiomatic!!!)

As I'm sure you know, "autobiographical" is something one creates relating to one's self, usually a narrative. That is, a self-portrait probably wouldn't be called "autobiographical." (But I once heard an idiot say that Richard Strauss' "tone poem" Ein Heldenleben was too autobiographical.)
I can't see the original from here, but I seem to recall that it was not entirely clear that all of the material in your 1058-page book is/was autobiographical.
Also, you might say that "the book narrates autobiographical accounts" is a trifle redundant.

Perhaps you'd consider a revision thus: "The book has 1,058 pages, and includes autobiographical accounts, and narratives of events in John's life, including his joining the KBB etc."
If all the narratives are known to be autobiographical, I'd revise accordingly.

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