It gives us a vivid picture of a career and a personality of so extraordinary a character that we are helped to accept them as actualities by the very fact that both are beyond the inventive reach of fiction. Among all the multitude of biographies that freight the shelves of the world's libraries, this is the only one whose validity is confirmed to us by oath. THE EVIDENCE furnished at the Trials and Rehabilitation sets forth Joan of Arc's strange and beautiful history in clear and minute detail. Table of Contents for Joan of Arc by Mark Twain Read Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
Below the link is an interesting essay written by Mark Twain about Saint Joan of Arc that gives a lot of insight into why Twain devoted so much time and energy into writing a biography about her. If you desire to read Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc all you need to do is visit the page below and you will find the complete book. You can read my complete review on the Book-Movie Reviews page. I personally consider Mark Twain's biography about Saint Joan to be one of the best I have read. Read Paine's Full Review Here and Read How Twain became Fascinated with Joan Here But Twain's biographer Albert Bigelow Paine defends Twain saying it is actually his greatest writing: "Considered from every point of view, Joan of Arc is Mark Twain's supreme literary expression, the loftiest, the most delicate, the most luminous example of his work." Reviews were generally not positive criticizing Twain for departing from his normal genre. Many people were suspicious at first thinking Twain was perpetrating some kind of a joke. There was a certain amount of confusion when the public found out that Twain was actually the author. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was originally published in Harpers Magazine in 1895 as chapters attributed to the fictitious author Sieur Louis de Conte. Most people are unaware that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) spent over a decade researching Saint Joan of Arc and wrote what he considered to be his greatest work about her. Mark Twain's writings on Saint Joan of Arc Joan of Arc - Maid of Heaven - Mark Twain's Writings
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