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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Paperback
Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
Mystery & ThrillerClassic FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher Price: $12.00
ISBN13: 9780486424590
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Nov 7 2002
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.26 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Mark Twain's work, this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page and secretary -- Sieur Louis de Conté. (Twain's alter ego even shared the author's same initials -- S. L. C.) Told from the viewpoint of this lifelong friend, the historical novel is a panorama of stirring scenes and marvel of pageantry -- from Joan's early childhood in Domremy and her touching story of the voices, to the fight for Orleans, the taking of Tourelles and Jargeau, and the splendid march to Rheims.
Completed when the author was nearly sixty, the book reveals a splendidly expressive side of Twain, who wrote, I like the Joan of Arc best of all my books; & it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others: 12 years of preparation & 2 years of writing. The others needed no preparation, & got none.
Matchless in its workmanship, this lesser work will charm -- and delightfully surprise -- admirers and devotees of the great American author.
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