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Cargando... Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (Dover Thrift Editions) (1896 original; edición 2002)por Mark Twain
Información de la obraJUANA DE ARCO por Mark Twain (1896)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. read 72 pages, but couldn't finish. This is the only book out of thousands that I have ever abandoned and never come back to. It is so dull and plodding that I just could not pay attention to it. I tried the audio book and just could not concentrate on it. Then I tried to read it with a similar result; I would go through pages and not retain a thing due to its dilatory pace. Maybe it gets better but I have a better use for my time. Twain considered it his best book (?). I thoroughly enjoyed this history on the life of Joan of Arc. During a recent trip to Quebec, I came upon a statue of Joan and wanted to learn more about her. All I seemed to know was that she had visions, heard voices and was an important figure in the Hundred Years War. Unfortunately, she was doomed from the start of her military career. Throughout history and life, we seem to encounter weak-willed people who perform dastardly acts. Poor Joan appears to have suffered and died at the hands of such characters. I loved every bit of this book and had no idea that Mark Twain had written this memoir. For what it's worth, I highly recommend this book. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Twain's work, this historical novel chronicles the French heroine's life, as purportedly told by her longtime friend--Sieur Louis de Conte. A panorama of stirring scenes recount Joan's childhood in Domremy, the story of her voices, the fight for Orleans, the splendid march to Rheims, and much more. An amazing record that disclosed Twain's unrestrained admiration for Joan's nobility of character, the book is matchless in its workmanship--one of Twain's lesser-known novels that will charm and delightfully surprise his admirers and devotees. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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