Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 by Mark Twain
75 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMark Twain’s work on Joan of Arc is titled in full “Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte.” De Conte is identified as Joan’s page and secretary. For those who’ve always wanted to “get behind” the Joan of Arc story and to better understand just what happened, Twain’s narrative makes the story personal and very accessible. The work is fictionally presented as a translation from the manuscript by Jean Francois Alden, or, in the words of the published book, “Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France.”It was originally published as a serialization in Harper’s Magazine beginning in 1895 and later published in book form in 1896. However the Harper’s editors decided to cut 12 chapters that describe much of Joan’s Great Trial, saying the chapters were not suitable for serialization since, “They will not bear mutilation or interruption, but must be read as a whole, as one reads a drama.” This recording contains the complete text! De Conte is a fictionalized version of Joan of Arc’s page Louis de Contes, and provides narrative unity to the story. He is presented as an individual who was with Joan during the three major phases of her life – as a youth in Domremy, as the commander of Charles’ army on military campaign, and as a defendant at the trial in Rouen. The book is presented as a translation by Alden of de Conte’s memoirs, written in his later years for the benefit of his descendants. Twain based his descriptions of Joan of Arc on his daughter, Susy Clemens, as he remembered her at the age of seventeen. Twain said, “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 needed no preparation and got none.”
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Episodes
00 – Vol. I, Book I-IN DOMREMY – Preface
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
01 – When Wolves Ran Free in Paris
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
02 – The Fairy Tree of Domremy
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 – All Aflame with Love of France
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 – Joan Tames the Mad Man
December 29, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
05 – Domremy Pillaged and Burned
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 – Joan and Archangel Michael
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 – She Delivers the Divine Command
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 – Why the Scorners Relented
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 – Book II-IN COURT AND CAMP – Joan Says Good-By
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 – The Governor Speeds Joan
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 – The Paladin Groans and Boasts
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
12 – Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 – We Pierce the Last Ambuscades
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
14 – Joan Convinces the King
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
15 – Our Paladin in His Glory
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
16 – Joan Persuades the Inquisitors
December 17, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
17 – She Is Made General-in-Chief
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
18 – The Maid’s Sword and Banner
December 15, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
19 – The War March Is Begun
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
20 – Joan Puts Heart in Her Army
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
21 – Checked by the Folly of the Wise
December 12, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
22 – What the English Answered
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
23 – My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash
December 10, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
24 – The Finding of the Dwarf
December 09, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
25 – Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth
December 08, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
26 – Joan’s First Battle-Field
December 07, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
27 – We Burst In Upon Ghosts
December 06, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
28 – Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors
December 05, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
29 – She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend
December 04, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
30 – The Fate of France Decided
December 03, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
31 – Joan Inspires the Tawdry King
December 02, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
32 – Tinsel Trappings of Nobility
December 01, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
33 – At Last–Forward!
November 30, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
34 – The Last Doubts Scattered
November 29, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
35 – How Joan Took Jargeau
November 28, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
36 – Vol. 2, Book II (cont’d) – Joan Foretells Her Doom
November 27, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
37 – Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
November 26, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
38 – The Red Field of Patay
November 25, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
39 – France Begins to Live Again
November 24, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 1.91 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
40 – The Joyous News Flies Fast
November 23, 2023 00:00 - 2 minutes - 977 KBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
41 – Joan’s Five Great Deeds
November 22, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 3.81 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
42 – The Jests of the Burgundians
November 21, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
43 – The Heir of France is Crowned
November 20, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
44 – Joan Hears News from Home
November 19, 2023 00:00 - 19 minutes - 8.58 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
45 – Again to Arms
November 18, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
46 – The King Cries Forward!
November 17, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
47 – We Win, but the King Balks
November 16, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
48 – Treachery Conquers Joan
November 15, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutes - 2.86 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
49 – The Maid Will March No More
November 14, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com