Track | Section | Length |
1 | 00 - Vol. I Book I-IN DOMREMY - Preface | 11:24 |
2 | 01 - When Wolves Ran Free in Paris | 6:53 |
3 | 02 - The Fairy Tree of Domremy | 29:51 |
4 | 03 - All Aflame with Love of France | 17:38 |
5 | 04 - Joan Tames the Mad Man | 18:47 |
6 | 05 - Domremy Pillaged and Burned | 17:58 |
7 | 06 - Joan and Archangel Michael | 14:51 |
8 | 07 - She Delivers the Divine Command | 16:17 |
9 | 08 - Why the Scorners Relented | 4:38 |
10 | 09 - Book II-IN COURT AND CAMP - Joan Says Good-By | 4:22 |
11 | 10 - The Governor Speeds Joan | 13:53 |
12 | 11 - The Paladin Groans and Boasts | 12:47 |
13 | 12 - Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy | 16:37 |
14 | 13 - We Pierce the Last Ambuscades | 24:43 |
15 | 14 - Joan Convinces the King | 16:09 |
16 | 15 - Our Paladin in His Glory | 15:12 |
17 | 16 - Joan Persuades the Inquisitors | 17:34 |
18 | 17 - She Is Made General-in-Chief | 6:56 |
19 | 18 - The Maid's Sword and Banner | 10:24 |
20 | 19 - The War March Is Begun | 8:04 |
21 | 20 - Joan Puts Heart in Her Army | 13:19 |
22 | 21 - Checked by the Folly of the Wise | 13:37 |
23 | 22 - What the English Answered | 5:46 |
24 | 23 - My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash | 18:32 |
25 | 24 - The Finding of the Dwarf | 19:13 |
26 | 25 - Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth | 5:03 |
27 | 26 - Joan's First Battle-Field | 11:00 |
28 | 27 - We Burst In Upon Ghosts | 5:35 |
29 | 28 - Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors | 10:39 |
30 | 29 - She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend | 10:53 |
31 | 30 - The Fate of France Decided | 15:14 |
32 | 31 - Joan Inspires the Tawdry King | 17:01 |
33 | 32 - Tinsel Trappings of Nobility | 7:05 |
34 | 33 - At Last--Forward! | 11:16 |
35 | 34 - The Last Doubts Scattered | 8:40 |
36 | 35 - How Joan Took Jargeau | 15:24 |
37 | 36 - Vol. 2 Book II (cont'd) - Joan Foretells Her Doom | 6:09 |
38 | 37 - Fierce Talbot Reconsiders | 13:22 |
39 | 38 - The Red Field of Patay | 7:39 |
40 | 39 - France Begins to Live Again | 6:09 |
41 | 40 - The Joyous News Flies Fast | 3:00 |
42 | 41 - Joan's Five Great Deeds | 9:46 |
43 | 42 - The Jests of the Burgundians | 11:43 |
44 | 43 - The Heir of France is Crowned | 22:15 |
45 | 44 - Joan Hears News from Home | 19:41 |
46 | 45 - Again to Arms | 13:16 |
47 | 46 - The King Cries Forward! | 11:28 |
48 | 47 - We Win but the King Balks | 14:48 |
49 | 48 - Treachery Conquers Joan | 6:29 |
50 | 49 - The Maid Will March No More | 11:48 |
51 | 50 - Book III - TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM - The Maid In Chains | 8:50 |
52 | 51 - Joan Sold to the English | 9:36 |
53 | 52 - Weaving the Net About Her | 11:10 |
54 | 53 - All Ready to Condemn | 6:33 |
55 | 54 - Fifty Experts Against a Novice | 10:21 |
56 | 55 - The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors | 16:57 |
57 | 56 - Craft That Was in Vain | 10:07 |
58 | 57 - Joan Tells of Her Visions | 11:46 |
59 | 58 - Her Sure Deliverance Foretold | 22:57 |
60 | 59 - The Inquisitors at Their Wit's End | 9:33 |
61 | 60 - The Court Reorganized for Assassination | 11:10 |
62 | 61 - Joan's Master-Stroke Diverted | 13:34 |
63 | 62 - The Third Trial Fails | 17:06 |
64 | 63 - Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies | 12:21 |
65 | 64 - Undaunted by Threat of Burning | 7:34 |
66 | 65 - Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack | 11:21 |
67 | 66 - Supreme in Direst Peril | 5:40 |
68 | 67 - Condemned Yet Unafraid | 7:04 |
69 | 68 - Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail | 8:33 |
70 | 69 - The Betrayal | 19:42 |
71 | 70 - Respited Only for Torture | 5:45 |
72 | 71 - Joan Gives the Fatal Answer | 12:49 |
73 | 72 - The Time Is at Hand | 14:10 |
74 | 73 - Joan the Martyr | 12:53 |
75 | 74 - Conclusion | 9:14 |
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Book Coordinator: John Greenman
Meta Coordinator: Esther
Proof Listener: Brenda Price
Artwork
Cover: ‘Joan of Arc’, 1865, painting by John Everett Millais
Inset: Cover of Harper’s Magazine featuring ‘Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc’, April, 1895
Inset: Portrait of Mark Twain, 1907, taken by A. F. Bradley
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte, published in 1896, is Mark Twain’s last novel, his most unusual novel, and, in his opinion, his best novel. It recounts the life of Joan of Arc in the guise of a purported translation by one “Jean Francis Alden” of the memoirs of Louis de Conte, a fictionalized version of her page. Twain had an enduring fascination with Joan of Arc dating from the 1850’s and spent considerable time on research, much of it during his time in France. He modeled the physical appearance of Joan of Arc on his late daughter Susy Clemens as he remembered her at age 17.
The book is structured in three parts: Book One treats Joan of Arc’s youth in Donremy; Book Two recounts her time as commander of the army of the French King Charles VII; Book Three covers her imprisonment and trial in Rouen. The novel was serialized anonymously in Harper’s Magazine starting in April, 1895, so that readers would take it seriously, but his authorship soon became known. It was generally well received upon publication. Some critics commented that Twain’s tone and style were completely different in this work. Twain’s typical flippant, sardonic mocking spirit gave way to a dignified sincerity and pathos; laughter was replaced by tears. It presents something of a conundrum: a serious treatment of the life of a French Catholic martyr by a man who is an anti- Catholic non-believer who dislikes the French. Perhaps that’s why he liked it so well.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0682550992556 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550992600 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD box |
Author | Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) |
Year | 1895 |
Recording | |
Read by | John Greenman |
Length | 13 hours 38 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
- Author: Mark Twain
- Product Code: DB-1299
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