Read Paine's Full Review Here and Read How Twain became Fascinated with Joan Here But Twain's biographer Albert Bigelow Paine defends Twain saying it is actually his greatest writing: "Considered from every point of view, Joan of Arc is Mark Twain's supreme literary expression, the loftiest, the most delicate, the most luminous example of his work." Reviews were generally not positive criticizing Twain for departing from his normal genre. Many people were suspicious at first thinking Twain was perpetrating some kind of a joke. There was a certain amount of confusion when the public found out that Twain was actually the author. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was originally published in Harpers Magazine in 1895 as chapters attributed to the fictitious author Sieur Louis de Conte. Most people are unaware that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) spent over a decade researching Saint Joan of Arc and wrote what he considered to be his greatest work about her. Mark Twain's writings on Saint Joan of Arc – Martha W.Joan of Arc - Maid of Heaven - Mark Twain's Writings This is a story that is as important and relevant today, as it was then.
Twain’s biographer Albert Paine defends Twain saying it is actually his greatest writing: “Considered from every point of view, Joan of Arc is Mark Twain’s supreme literary expression, the loftiest, the most delicate, the most luminous example of his work.”ĥ Stars! – I just loved this book! It really shows how much Mark Twain loved her and also all the reasons why we do too. When the public found out that Twain was actually the author, many were suspicious, thinking Twain was perpetrating some kind of a joke.
Most people are unaware that Mark Twain spent over a decade researching Saint Joan of Arc and wrote what he considered to be his greatest work – Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc – originally published in Harpers Magazine in 1895 as chapters attributed to the fictitious author Sieur Louis de Conte.
Others twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. “I like Joan of Arc best of all my books and it is the best I know it perfectly well.Īnd besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the
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