The Story of My LifeCosimo, Inc., 1 jan 2009 - 82 pagina's *The Story of My Life* may be the most extraordinary autobiography ever written. Its author was only 22 when it was published, in 1903, but her life to that point had already been most uncommon: she had been rendered deaf, blind, and later mute by an illness at the age of 19 months, and only years later learned to read, speak, and understand others through the dedication of a teacher extraordinary in her own right. American author and activist HELEN ADAMS KELLER (1880-1968) became famous thanks to *The Story of My Life,* which was later adapted for stage and screen in various incarnations under the title *The Miracle Worker,* a reference to that special teacher, Annie Sullivan. Here, in her own words, is Keller's firsthand experience of the dawning of enlightenment on the severely isolated child she was, and her evolution into the educated and erudite young woman she became. |
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... knew it before my teacher came to me . I had noticed that my mother and my friends did not use signs as I did when they wanted anything done , but talked with their mouths . Sometimes I stood between two persons who were conversing and ...
... knew it before my teacher came to me . I had noticed that my mother and my friends did not use signs as I did when they wanted anything done , but talked with their mouths . Sometimes I stood between two persons who were conversing and ...
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... knew it was the vine which covered the tumble - down summer - house at the farther end of the garden ! Here , also , were trailing clematis , drooping jessamine , and some rare sweet flowers called butterfly lilies , because their ...
... knew it was the vine which covered the tumble - down summer - house at the farther end of the garden ! Here , also , were trailing clematis , drooping jessamine , and some rare sweet flowers called butterfly lilies , because their ...
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... . Early one morning , however , the fever left me as suddenly and mysteriously as it had come . There was great rejoicing in the family that morning , but no one , not even the doctor , knew that I The Story of My Life 3 CHAPTER Contents.
... . Early one morning , however , the fever left me as suddenly and mysteriously as it had come . There was great rejoicing in the family that morning , but no one , not even the doctor , knew that I The Story of My Life 3 CHAPTER Contents.
Pagina 4
... knew when she wished me to bring her something , and I would run upstairs or anywhere else she indicated . Indeed , I owe to her loving wisdom all that was bright and good in my long night . I understood a good deal of what was going on ...
... knew when she wished me to bring her something , and I would run upstairs or anywhere else she indicated . Indeed , I owe to her loving wisdom all that was bright and good in my long night . I understood a good deal of what was going on ...
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... knew when I was naughty , for I knew that it hurt Ella , my nurse , to kick her , and when my fit of temper was over I had a feeling akin to regret . But I cannot remember any instance in which this feeling prevented me from repeating ...
... knew when I was naughty , for I knew that it hurt Ella , my nurse , to kick her , and when my fit of temper was over I had a feeling akin to regret . But I cannot remember any instance in which this feeling prevented me from repeating ...
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