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Great story of human courage and dedication recounted in
autobiography of a remarkable woman: the magical moment when Miss
Keller first recognizes the connection between words and objects,
her joy at learning how to speak, friendships with notable figures,
her education at Radcliffe and an extraordi
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The Story of My Life (Paperback)
Helen Keller; Introduction by Jim Knipfel; Afterword by Marlee Matlin
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
twice a week, to give Miss Sullivan a little rest. But, though
everybody was kind and ready to help us, there was only one hand
that could turn drudgery into pleasure. That year I finished
arithmetic, reviewed my Latin grammar, and read three chapters of
Caesar's "Gallic War." In German I read, partly with my fingers and
partly with Miss Sullivan's assistance, Schiller's "Lied von der
Glocke" and "Taucher," Heine's "Harzreise," Freytag's "Aus dem
Staat Friedrichs des Grossen," Riehl's " Fluch Der Schonheit,"
Lessing's "Minna von Barnhelm," and Goethe's " Aus meinem Leben." I
took the greatest delight in these German books, especially
Schiller's wonderful lyrics, the history of Frederick the Great's
magnificent achievements and the account of Goethe's life. I was
sorry to finish " Die Harzreise," so full of happy witticisms and
charming descriptions of vine-clad hills, streams that sing and
ripple in the sunshine, and wild regions, sacred to tradition and
legend, the gray sisters of a long- vanished, imaginative
age?descriptions such as can be given only by those to whom nature
is "a feeling, a love and an appetite." Mr. Gilman instructed me
part of the year in English literature. We read together "As You
Like It," Burke's "Speech on Conciliation with America," and
Macaulay's "Life of Samuel Johnson." Mr. Gilman's broad views of
history and literature and his clever explanations made my work
easier and pleasanter than it could have been had I only read notes
mechanically with the necessarily brief explanations given in the
classes. Burke's speech was more instructive than anyother book on
a political subject that I had ever read. My mind stirred with the
stirring times, and the characters round which the life of two
contending nations centred seemed to move right before me...
*The Story of My Life* may be the most extraordinary autobiography
ever written. Its author was only 22 when it was published, in
1903, but her life to that point had already been most uncommon:
she had been rendered deaf, blind, and later mute by an illness at
the age of 19 months, and only years later learned to read, speak,
and understand others through the dedication of a teacher
extraordinary in her own right. American author and activist HELEN
ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968) became famous thanks to *The Story of My
Life,* which was later adapted for stage and screen in various
incarnations under the title *The Miracle Worker,* a reference to
that special teacher, Annie Sullivan. Here, in her own words, is
Keller's firsthand experience of the dawning of enlightenment on
the severely isolated child she was, and her evolution into the
educated and erudite young woman she became.
The Story of My Life (1903) is the autobiography of Helen Keller.
Written while she was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Story of My Life was a joint
effort between Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan, and Anne's
husband John Macy. "Gradually I got used to the silence and
darkness that surrounded me and forgot that it had ever been
different, until she came-my teacher-who was to set my spirit free.
But during the first nineteen months of my life I had caught
glimpses of broad, green fields, a luminous sky, trees and flowers
which the darkness that followed could not wholly blot out. If we
have once seen, 'the day is ours, and what the day has shown.'"
After losing her hearing and sight as an infant, Helen Keller
received a life-changing education from her dedicated teacher Anne
Sullivan, herself vision impaired. As she learned to communicate
through signs, she found an innate determination to surpass the
expectations of those around her, eventually becoming the first
deafblind person to obtain her Bachelor of Arts. Her autobiography
is a rich retelling of the first twenty-one years of Keller's life,
a period marked by tragedy and miracle alike, shaping her into one
of the twentieth century's leading civil rights activists and
public speakers. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Helen Keller's
The Story of My Life is a classic of American literature reimagined
for modern readers.
Out of print for nearly a century, "The World I Live In" is Helen
Keller's most personal and intellectually adventurous work--one
that transforms our appreciation of her extraordinary achievements.
Here this preternaturally gifted deaf and blind young woman closely
describes her sensations and the workings of her imagination, while
making the pro-vocative argument that the whole spectrum of the
senses lies open to her through the medium of language. Standing in
the line of the works of Emerson and Thoreau, "The World I Live In"
is a profoundly suggestive exercise in self-invention, and a true,
rediscovered classic of American literature.
This new edition of "The World I Live In" also includes Helen
Keller's early essay "Optimism," as well as her first published
work, "My Story," written when she was twelve.
In The Story of My Life, Helen Keller tells the extraordinary tale
of her childhood and her mentor, teacher, and companion Anne
Sullivan. Before she was two years old, the otherwise healthy Helen
became ill with an unidentified condition from which she
recovered-but not without losing both her sight and hearing
completely. Helen's inability to communicate beyond a few
rudimentary signs became a source of despair for the Keller family
until a young and ambitious Anne Sullivan was asked to become
Helen's personal instructor. Helen's incredible true story is an
inspiration to anyone who has faced seemingly insurmountable
obstacles.
The Story of My Life (1903) is the autobiography of Helen Keller.
Written while she was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Story of My Life was a joint
effort between Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan, and Anne's
husband John Macy. "Gradually I got used to the silence and
darkness that surrounded me and forgot that it had ever been
different, until she came-my teacher-who was to set my spirit free.
But during the first nineteen months of my life I had caught
glimpses of broad, green fields, a luminous sky, trees and flowers
which the darkness that followed could not wholly blot out. If we
have once seen, 'the day is ours, and what the day has shown.'"
After losing her hearing and sight as an infant, Helen Keller
received a life-changing education from her dedicated teacher Anne
Sullivan, herself vision impaired. As she learned to communicate
through signs, she found an innate determination to surpass the
expectations of those around her, eventually becoming the first
deafblind person to obtain her Bachelor of Arts. Her autobiography
is a rich retelling of the first twenty-one years of Keller's life,
a period marked by tragedy and miracle alike, shaping her into one
of the twentieth century's leading civil rights activists and
public speakers. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Helen Keller's
The Story of My Life is a classic of American literature reimagined
for modern readers.
An American classic rediscovered by each generation, "The Story of
My Life" is Helen Keller's account of her triumph over deafness and
blindness. Popularized by the stage play and movie The Miracle
Worker, Keller's story has become a symbol of hope for people all
over the world.
This book-published when Keller was only twenty-two-portrays the
wild child who is locked in the dark and silent prison of her own
body. With an extraordinary immediacy, Keller reveals her
frustrations and rage, and takes the reader on the unforgettable
journey of her education and breakthroughs into the world of
communication. From the moment Keller recognizes the word "water"
when her teacher finger-spells the letters, we share her triumph as
"that living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set
it free " An unparalleled chronicle of courage, "The Story of My
Life" remains startlingly fresh and vital more than a century after
its first publication, a timeless testament to an indomitable will.
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The Story of My Life
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