Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2
by Mark Twain
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About This Book
Twain, aware of his reputation as a comic, asked that each installment appear anonymously so that readers will treat the piece seriously. Originally, this novel was published as a serialization in Harper's Magazine beginning in April 1895. Regardless, his authorship soon became known and the book edition published by Harper and Brothers in May 1896 credited Mark Twain. The novel is presented as a translation (by "Jean Francois Alden") of memoirs by Louis de Conte, a fictionalized version of Joan of Arc's page, Louis de Contes. "I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I kno...
Chapters (47)
- PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC
- VOLUME 2 (of 2)
- PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC
- (her page and secretary)
- In Two Volumes
- BOOK II — IN COURT AND CAMP (Continued)
- 28 Joan Foretells Her Doom
- 29 Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
- 30 The Red Field of Patay
- 31 France Begins to Live Again
- JOAN HAD said true: France was on the way to be free.
- 32 The Joyous News Flies Fast
- 33 Joan’s Five Great Deeds
- 34 The Jests of the Burgundians
- 35 The Heir of France is Crowned
- 36 Joan Hears News from Home
- 37 Again to Arms
- 38 The King Cries “Forward!”
- 39 We Win, But the King Balks
- 40 Treachery Conquers Joan
- 41 The Maid Will March No More
- BOOK III TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM
- 1 The Maid in Chains
- 2 Joan Sold to the English
- 3 Weaving the Net About Her
- 4 All Ready to Condemn
- 5 Fifty Experts Against a Novice
- 6 The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors
- 7 Craft That Was in Vain
- 8 Joan Tells of Her Visions
- 9 Her Sure Deliverance Foretold
- 10 The Inquisitors at Their Wits’ End
- 11 The Court Reorganized for Assassination
- 12 Joan’s Master-Stroke Diverted
- 13 The Third Trial Fails
- 14 Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies
- 15 Undaunted by Threat of Burning
- 16 Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack
- 17 Supreme in Direst Peril
- 18 Condemned Yet Unafraid
- 19 Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail
- 20 The Betrayal
- 21 Respited Only for Torture
- 22 Joan Gives the Fatal Answer
- 23 The Time Is at Hand
- 24 Joan the Martyr
- CONCLUSION
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