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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 by Mark Twain
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Mark 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in the words of the published book, “Freely Translated out of the Ancient French into Modern English from the Original Unpublished Manuscript in the National Archives of France.”It was originally published as a serialization in Harper’s Magazine beginning in 1895 and later published in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 on
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00 – Vol. I, Book I-IN DOMREMY – Preface
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01 – When Wolves Ran Free in Paris
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02 – The Fairy Tree of Domremy
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03 – All Aflame with Love of France
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04 – Joan Tames the Mad Man
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05 – Domremy Pillaged and Burned
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06 – Joan and Archangel Michael
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07 – She Delivers the Divine Command
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08 – Why the Scorners Relented
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09 – Book II-IN COURT AND CAMP – Joan Says Good-By
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10 – The Governor Speeds Joan
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11 – The Paladin Groans and Boasts
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12 – Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy
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13 – We Pierce the Last Ambuscades
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14 – Joan Convinces the King
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15 – Our Paladin in His Glory
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16 – Joan Persuades the Inquisitors
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17 – She Is Made General-in-Chief
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18 – The Maid’s Sword and Banner
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19 – The War March Is Begun
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20 – Joan Puts Heart in Her Army
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21 – Checked by the Folly of the Wise
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22 – What the English Answered
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23 – My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash
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24 – The Finding of the Dwarf
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25 – Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth
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26 – Joan’s First Battle-Field
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27 – We Burst In Upon Ghosts
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28 – Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors
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29 – She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend
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30 – The Fate of France Decided
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31 – Joan Inspires the Tawdry King
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32 – Tinsel Trappings of Nobility
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33 – At Last–Forward!
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34 – The Last Doubts Scattered
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35 – How Joan Took Jargeau
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36 – Vol. 2, Book II (cont’d) – Joan Foretells Her Doom
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37 – Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
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38 – The Red Field of Patay
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39 – France Begins to Live Again
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40 – The Joyous News Flies Fast
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41 – Joan’s Five Great Deeds
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42 – The Jests of the Burgundians
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43 – The Heir of France is Crowned
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44 – Joan Hears News from Home
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45 – Again to Arms
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46 – The King Cries Forward!
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47 – We Win, but the King Balks
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48 – Treachery Conquers Joan
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49 – The Maid Will March No More
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Mark 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 on
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