The Story of My Life

Now, one hundred years after its initial publication, eminent literary scholar Roger Shattuck, in collaboration with Keller biographer Dorothy Herrmann, has reedited the book to reflect more accurately its original composition. Keller's remarkable acquisition of language is presented here in three successive accounts: Keller's own version; the letters of "teacher" Anne Sullivan, submerged in the earliest edition; and the valuable documentation by their young assistant, John Macy. Including opening and closing commentary by Shattuck and notes by Hermann, this volume will stand for years as the definitive edition of a classic work.

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Helen Keller (June 27, 1880-June 1, 1968). She was a U.S. writer and educator who was blind and deaf. Keller was deprived due to her sickness of sight and hearing at 19 months, and her speech improvement soon ended as well. After five years, she was instructed by Anne Sullivan (1866-1936), who educated her on the names of objects by squeezing the manual alphabets in order into her palm. At last, Keller figured out how to read and write in Braille. She wrote many books, including The Story of My Life (1902), Optimism (1903), The World I Live in (1908), Light in My Darkness and My Religion (1927), Helen Keller's Journal (1938), and The Open Door (1957). Her childhood was portrayed in William Gibson's play The Miracle Worker in 1959 (film, 1962).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Helen Keller
• Mitarbeit: Roger Shattuck (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Blue Guides Limited of London
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 12 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.05.2003
• EAN: 9780393057447
• ISBN: 978-0-393-05744-7
• Seiten: 492
• Abmessung: 161 mm x 240 mm x 33 mm
• Gewicht: 1004 g
• Serien: Restored Classic; Restored Classic
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika