Have you ever wished that you could read some of the material that your students are required to read? Now you can! The following link takes you to Mark Twain's novel "My Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc". The text is there in its entirety. Surprise your students and begin a discussion with them regarding this Twain classic!
Mr. Twain is well-known for his works "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer". However, of his work, Mr. Twain said of the "Personal Recollections" novel "I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and 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; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others need no preparation and got none."
CCB
"Personal Recollections of Mark Twain"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Have you ever wished that you could read some of the material that your students are required to read? Now you can! The following link takes you to Mark Twain's novel "My Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc". The text is there in its entirety. Surprise your students and begin a discussion with them regarding this Twain classic!
Mr. Twain is well-known for his works "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer". However, of his work, Mr. Twain said of the "Personal Recollections" novel "I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and 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; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others need no preparation and got none."
CCB
"Personal Recollections of Mark Twain"
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Mark Twain's biography about St. Joan of Arc is excellent. Did you know that since it is in the public domain you can find it online at places like:
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Tell everyone they can read it there free.