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Title: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Oxford Mark Twain) by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Justin Kaplan ISBN: 0-19-510145-6 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The importance of "Joan of Arc" to Mark Twain
Comment: Albert Paine's biography, "The Adventures of Mark Twain" says: "It was just at this time [while Clemens was still in Hannibel working for his brother's paper] that an incident occurred which may be looked back upon now as a turning-point in Samuel Clemens's life. Coming home from the office one afternoon, he noticed a square of paper being swept along by the wind. He saw that it was printed . . . . He chased the flying scrap and overtook it. It was a leaf from some old history of Joan of Arc, and pictured the hard lot of the 'maid' in the tower of Rouen . . . . Sam had never heard of Joan before -- he knew nothing of history. He was no reader. . . . But now, as he read, there awoke in him a deep feeling of pity and indignation, and with it a longing to know more of the tragic story. It was an interest that would last his life through, and in the course of time find expression in one of the rarest books ever written. The first result was than Sam began to read. He hunted up everything he could find on the subject of Joan, and from that went into French history in general -- indeed, into history of every kind. Samuel Clemens had suddenly become a reader . . . ."
Rating: 4
Summary: Good read, confused about its orgins when I first saw it
Comment: I found this book in a library and read it. I was surprised that Mark Twain wrote such a serious piece -- it did not contain his typical wit or sarcasm, but was a rather sentimental account of Joan of Arc. I wasn't sure when I started or finished it if it was actually a translation he made from a real account or if he had written it himself as a sort of historically based piece of fiction. I gather from what I have seen elsewhere that this is considered fiction -- a novel -- but he was painstaking in his attention to historical details and facts. It was a wonderful book, and I found it inspiring. He persuaded me to believe her story.
Rating: 5
Summary: All time greatest book on Joan of Arc
Comment: Mark Twain's best. I couldn't put it down. I was away for the weekend, found it on a book table in the lobby, and bought it for bedtime reading. The rest of the weekend was devoted to living Joan's story. A great weekend. An incredible book.
This book will make you feel like you walked with Joan, knew her, loved her - READ THIS BOOK. Truly one of the greatest reads of my life! A Book that really changed my perspective on a lot of things.
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Title: Joan of Arc by Mark Twain, Jean Francois Alden ISBN: 0898702682 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: June, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words by Willard R. Trask, Joan, Edward S. Creasy ISBN: 1885983085 Publisher: Turtle Point Pr Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses by Regine Pernoud ISBN: 0812812603 Publisher: Scarborough House Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc by Polly Schoyer Brooks, Polly Brooks ISBN: 0395981387 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Joan of Arc : Her Story by Regine Pernoud, Marie-Veronique Clin, Jeremy duQuesnay Adams ISBN: 0312227302 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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