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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
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.
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.
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Helen Keller; Introduction by Jim Knipfel; Afterword by Marlee Matlin
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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...
One of the "hundred most important books of the twentieth century" (New York Public Library), finally published in complete form.
The publication of The Story of My Life in 1903 revealed Helen Keller's astonishing life to the age of twenty-two. The book's honest and absorbing narrative dispelled the notoriety and scandal that had accompanied her treatment in the press. Many people simply could not believe that Anne Sullivan, an unknown young woman from Boston, had fought her way through seven-year-old Helen's deafness and blindness and had taught her to talk and to hear with her fingers. Skeptics, doubting that Helen could read and write better than most children her age, thought that she and Anne Sullivan must be charlatans and publicity seekers. With evident candor, The Story of My Life explained the "miracle" of Helen's education and the degree to which she had become a full human being sharing and enjoying the visible and audible world. The book presented three interlocking versions of the story: Helen's own; Anne Sullivan's; and their assistant, John Macy's. For over sixty years following the book's publication, Helen's writings and her inspiring public appearances served the causes of the deaf and the blind, the poor and the mistreated, the wounded in two wars, and the handicapped everywhere. When she died in 1968, Helen was widely compared to a saint. The New York Times referred to her as "a symbol of the indomitable human spirit." The present edition of The Story of My Life, appearing one hundred years after its first publication, will help prevent a great lossthe loss of one of our most admirable and appealing heroes. The immense obstacles that Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan overcame working alone in Alabama surpass Helen's accomplishments as an adult. Between the ages of seven and twenty, Helen enlarged the meaning of the word heroism. The evidence is all here, in The Story of My Life, of a genuinely beautiful mind. Handicaps and celebrity never warped it. Mark Twain called Helen the most extraordinary woman since Joan of Arc. Everyone, young and old, should know about this compellingly human, deeply spiritual, and unfailingly courageous young woman. The best approach is to read her own words and those of her teacher in The Story of My Life. This new edition is called "the restored classic" for several reasons. All recent editions have been abridged. In this edition a few changes in order and layout clarify the narrative. With a Foreword and Afterword by Roger Shattuck, and with illuminating notes by Dorothy Herrmann, Helen Keller's highly praised biographer, this volume will remain the definitive edition of this classic work for years to come.
The story of Helen Keller, who triumphed over deafness and
blindness and became "a symbol of the indomitable human spirit," is
now considered one of the "hundred most important books of the
twentieth century" (New York Public Library). Yet the astonishing
original version, first published in 1903, has been out of print
for many years. In this, "the restored classic," Roger Shattuck, in
collaboration with Dorothy Hermann, has reedited the book to
reflect its original composition. Keller's remarkable
transformation is presented in three successive accounts: Keller's
own version; the letters of "teacher" Anne Sullivan, submerged in
the earliest edition; and the valuable documentation by their
assistant, John Macy. Including opening and closing commentary by
Shattuck and notes by Hermann, this volume has already established
itself as the definitive edition of a classic work.
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.
Who better than Helen Keller to write about optimism? Helen Keller
became blind when she was nineteen months old. At the time children
who were deaf and blind were simply given up on. But Helen's mother
read that a deaf blind person had been educated and decided to
explore that possibility for her daughter. As a result of this
Helen Keller was the first deaf blind person to earn a bachelor of
Arts degree and she went on to be one of the most celebrated women
of the twentieth century.
Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an American author, lecturer, and
political activist. At nineteen months, she suffered an illness
that left her deaf, blind, and eventually mute. Helen remained in a
lonely state of sensory deprivation until she reached the age of
six, when Anne Sullivan (also visually impaired) was employed by
the Keller family to tutor her. As a member of the Socialist Party
of America and the Wobblies, Helen campaigned for women's suffrage,
worker's rights, and socialism, as well as many other leftist
causes. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor
of Arts degree. After her 1904 graduation from Radcliffe with
honors in German and English, Helen wrote profusely, completing a
total of 12 published books and numerous articles. "The World I
live In" (1908) offers Helen's remarkable insight of the world's
beauty perceived through the sensations of touch, smell, and
vibration, together with the workings of a powerful imagination. It
is her most personal and intellectually adventurous work that
transforms a reader's appreciation for her extraordinary
achievements.
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.
One of the most enigmatic figures in history, Helen went from being
locked in a prison of darkness and silence, to one of the most
well-respected philosophers and beacons of change in the modern
world. Now, with this book, one can experience Helen's most
inspirational & life changing thoughts. Covering the entirety
of her life, "To Live, To Think, To Hope" compiles over 700 quotes
by Helen Keller on topics such as optimism, friendship, nature,
religion, life, death & many more. The quotes come from Helen's
various writings (many of which are out-of-print), all of which are
sourced. This book also contains a selection of Helen's poetry, as
well as photographs of Helen. More than a quote book, each topic
begins with a short introduction, which, when read in full,
produces a narrative of Helen's life. Thus, the book can either be
read from cover to cover as a story, or when a little inspiration
is needed, the book can be picked up and read from any spot. Makes
a great gift for those in need of inspiration.
These poetic, inspiring essays offer insights into the world of a
gifted woman who was deaf and blind. Helen Keller relates her
impressions of life's beauty and promise, perceived through the
sensations of touch, smell, and vibration, together with the
workings of a powerful imagination.
"The World I Live In" comprises fifteen essays and a poem, "A Chant
of Darkness," all of which originally appeared in "The Century
Magazine. " These brief articles include "The Seeing Hand," "The
Hands of Others," "The Power of Touch," "The Finer Vibrations,"
"Smell, the Fallen Angel" "Inward Visions," and other essays.
"Optimism," written while Keller was a college student, offers
eloquent observations on acquiring and maintaining a sense of
happiness. These essays reflect the author's remarkable
achievements, as expressed in her honorary degree from Harvard, the
first ever granted to a woman: "From a still, dark world she has
brought us light and sound; our lives are richer for her faith and
her example."
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
John Albert Macy, Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan
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