Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Mark Twain spent years researching this novel and considered it his finest work, far from the humorist’s usual register. It presents the life of Joan of Arc as a memoir written by Louis de Conte, her fictional page and childhood friend, who follows her from the fields of Domremy to the head of the French army and, at last, to the stake. Through his devoted eyes we watch the peasant girl claim her visions, win over a doubting king, lift the siege of Orleans, and face her trial with unshaken courage. Reverent where Twain was usually mocking, the book stands as his tribute to a heroine he admired all his life. A free PDF and EPUB edition are available here.
About the Author
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was born in 1835 in Florida, Missouri, and grew up in Hannibal on the banks of the Mississippi. Most of his fiction would later draw on that childhood, sometimes directly. He worked as a printer’s apprentice, then…
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 00 - Vol. I, Book I, In Domremy - Preface | 11:30 | |
| 2 | 01 - When Wolves Ran Free in Paris | 6:54 | |
| 3 | 02 - The Fairy Tree of Domremy | 29:56 | |
| 4 | 03 - All Aflame with Love of France | 17:44 | |
| 5 | 04 - Joan Tames the Mad Man | 18:50 | |
| 6 | 05 - Domremy Pillaged and Burned | 18:02 | |
| 7 | 06 - Joan and Archangel Michael | 14:52 | |
| 8 | 07 - She Delivers the Divine Command | 16:21 | |
| 9 | 08 - Why the Scorners Relented | 4:37 | |
| 10 | 09 - Book II-IN COURT AND CAMP - Joan Says Good-By | 4:21 | |
| 11 | 10 - The Governor Speeds Joan | 13:54 | |
| 12 | 11 - The Paladin Groans and Boasts | 12:48 | |
| 13 | 12 - Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy | 16:40 | |
| 14 | 13 - We Pierce the Last Ambuscades | 24:47 | |
| 15 | 14 - Joan Convinces the King | 16:12 | |
| 16 | 15 - Our Paladin in His Glory | 15:10 | |
| 17 | 16 - Joan Persuades the Inquisitors | 17:32 | |
| 18 | 17 - She Is Made General-in-Chief | 6:54 | |
| 19 | 18 - The Maid's Sword and Banner | 10:22 | |
| 20 | 19 - The War March Is Begun | 8:03 | |
| 21 | 20 - Joan Puts Heart in Her Army | 13:21 | |
| 22 | 21 - Checked by the Folly of the Wise | 13:39 | |
| 23 | 22 - What the English Answered | 5:44 | |
| 24 | 23 - My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash | 18:34 | |
| 25 | 24 - The Finding of the Dwarf | 19:15 | |
| 26 | 25 - Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth | 5:02 | |
| 27 | 26 - Joan's First Battle-Field | 11:01 | |
| 28 | 27 - We Burst In Upon Ghosts | 5:34 | |
| 29 | 28 - Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors | 10:41 | |
| 30 | 29 - She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend | 10:54 | |
| 31 | 30 - The Fate of France Decided | 15:16 | |
| 32 | 31 - Joan Inspires the Tawdry King | 17:03 | |
| 33 | 32 - Tinsel Trappings of Nobility | 7:05 | |
| 34 | 33 - At Last--Forward! | 11:17 | |
| 35 | 34 - The Last Doubts Scattered | 8:39 | |
| 36 | 35 - How Joan Took Jargeau | 15:26 | |
| 37 | 36 - Joan Foretells Her Doom | 6:09 | |
| 38 | 37 - Fierce Talbot Reconsiders | 13:24 | |
| 39 | 38 - The Red Field of Patay | 7:39 | |
| 40 | 39 - France Begins to Live Again | 6:08 | |
| 41 | 40 - The Joyous News Flies Fast | 2:58 | |
| 42 | 41 - Joan's Five Great Deeds | 9:47 | |
| 43 | 42 - The Jests of the Burgundians | 11:44 | |
| 44 | 43 - The Heir of France is Crowned | 22:19 | |
| 45 | 44 - Joan Hears News from Home | 19:45 | |
| 46 | 45 - Again to Arms | 13:18 | |
| 47 | 46 - The King Cries "Forward!" | 11:29 | |
| 48 | 47 - We Win, but the King Balks | 14:49 | |
| 49 | 48 - Treachery Conquers Joan | 6:29 | |
| 50 | 49 - The Maid Will March No More | 11:50 | |
| 51 | 50 - The Maid in Chains | 8:50 | |
| 52 | 51 - Joan Sold to the English | 9:37 | |
| 53 | 52 - Weaving the Net About Her | 11:11 | |
| 54 | 53 - All Ready to Condemn | 6:32 | |
| 55 | 54 - Fifty Experts Against a Novice | 10:21 | |
| 56 | 55 - The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors | 17:00 | |
| 57 | 56 - Craft That Was in Vain | 10:07 | |
| 58 | 57 - Joan Tells of Her Visions | 11:47 | |
| 59 | 58 - Her Sure Deliverance Foretold | 23:01 | |
| 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 | 13:35 | |
| 63 | 62 - The Third Trial Fails | 17:08 | |
| 64 | 63 - Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies | 12:24 | |
| 65 | 64 - Undaunted by Threat of Burning | 7:34 | |
| 66 | 65 - Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack | 11:22 | |
| 67 | 66 - Supreme in Direst Peril | 5:39 | |
| 68 | 67 - Condemned Yet Unafraid | 7:03 | |
| 69 | 68 - Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail | 8:32 | |
| 70 | 69 - The Betrayal | 19:44 | |
| 71 | 70 - Respited Only for Torture | 5:44 | |
| 72 | 71 - Joan Gives the Fatal Answer | 12:49 | |
| 73 | 72 - The Time Is at Hand | 14:11 | |
| 74 | 73 - Joan the Martyr | 12:54 | |
| 75 | 74 - Conclusion | 9:16 |
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