The Story of My Life
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- Author：Helen Keller
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Ash
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Helen Keller got sick as a very young child and lost both her sight and hearing。 With the help of a very kind teacher she learned to communicate through writing words with her fingers into people's hands， and eventually learning to speak。 She's grew to be a well educated woman， learned multiple languages， learned to write and so much more。 I listened to the audiobook and I couldn't help wondering what it must have been like not being able to see or hear。 This was very short， the audiobook includ Helen Keller got sick as a very young child and lost both her sight and hearing。 With the help of a very kind teacher she learned to communicate through writing words with her fingers into people's hands， and eventually learning to speak。 She's grew to be a well educated woman， learned multiple languages， learned to write and so much more。 I listened to the audiobook and I couldn't help wondering what it must have been like not being able to see or hear。 This was very short， the audiobook included her letters， making it 7 hours but only about 3。5-4 hours were the actual Story of My Life book that she wrote。 I wish she had expanded on some things but she still did an impressive job writing everything out。 。。。more
Marlee
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I really enjoyed this。 It was beautiful。 It was heartbreaking to hear about the experience she had after having sent a story which she’d inadvertently copied。 For a child to be put on trial that way must have been traumatic。 Most of the story was lovely and intriguing。
mira。
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Dnf。 Stopped at page 161。 I just cannot go anymore。 The rest of pages just letters anyway。 So yeah。 Bye。
Addie
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A bit long， but a decent book for an autobiography with extra materials。。。
Laura Beck
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Helen cette queen，sourdaveugle qui a accompli plus de choses que je ne serai jamais capable de faire en étant entendante et non aveugle 。une icône
Karima
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Helen was such a lovely pure soul， this book collected a lot of her memories since childhood and it was delightful to read， Being both deaf and blind is like being in a dark mute place at least that how i see it and only thinking about it suffocates me， but Helen proved that miracles can be achieved。 Once she was asked about the meaning of love "love is what everybody feels for everybody else" she answered， the way she saw good in the world is priceless Helen was such a lovely pure soul， this book collected a lot of her memories since childhood and it was delightful to read， Being both deaf and blind is like being in a dark mute place at least that how i see it and only thinking about it suffocates me， but Helen proved that miracles can be achieved。 Once she was asked about the meaning of love "love is what everybody feels for everybody else" she answered， the way she saw good in the world is priceless 。。。more
Mary Havens
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It’s very difficult for me to wrap my brain around how Helen Keller was able to read， speak， write， and learn many languages as a blind and deaf person in the late 1800s。 I struggle with learning foreign languages now and I am not blind or deaf。 Perhaps she had a natural gift for languages？ I also wonder what would have happened to her if she had not been born into this particular family， who seemed well connected。 I’m sure she was not the only person rendered blind and/or deaf due to illness du It’s very difficult for me to wrap my brain around how Helen Keller was able to read， speak， write， and learn many languages as a blind and deaf person in the late 1800s。 I struggle with learning foreign languages now and I am not blind or deaf。 Perhaps she had a natural gift for languages？ I also wonder what would have happened to her if she had not been born into this particular family， who seemed well connected。 I’m sure she was not the only person rendered blind and/or deaf due to illness during this time。 Her story is remarkable and so is Anne Sullivan’s。 It took both of them to achieve such remarkable feats。 。。。more
Maria Dunlap
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A remarkable story， written when Helen was only 21 and in college。 She lived to nearly 88！ Some of her insights about learning had me madly scribbling in my journal: "We should take our education as we would take a walk in the country， leisurely， our minds hospitably open to impressions of every sort。 Such knowledge floods the soul unseen with a soundless tidal wave of deepening to thought。 "Knowledge is power。" Rather， knowledge is happiness， because to have knowledge - broad， deep knowledge - A remarkable story， written when Helen was only 21 and in college。 She lived to nearly 88！ Some of her insights about learning had me madly scribbling in my journal: "We should take our education as we would take a walk in the country， leisurely， our minds hospitably open to impressions of every sort。 Such knowledge floods the soul unseen with a soundless tidal wave of deepening to thought。 "Knowledge is power。" Rather， knowledge is happiness， because to have knowledge - broad， deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false， and lofty things from low。" （pg 121）"。。。for the overtaxed mind cannot enjoy the treasure it has secured at the greatest cost。" （pg 119）Helen gets it。 Slow learning is REAL learning。 。。。more
Gregory Fischer
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Mark Twain said the two most interesting characters of the nineteenth century were Helen Keller and Napoleon。 This rings true for me after listening to Keller's story and letters and thinking over whatever I know of Napoleon， which comes largely from museums， Tolstoy's War and Peace， and The Count of Monte Cristo。 Keller is the antithesis of Napoleon。 Twain may be suggesting that life is impossible without symbols of either pure war or pure peace 。。。 If I knew how to resurrect someone， family as Mark Twain said the two most interesting characters of the nineteenth century were Helen Keller and Napoleon。 This rings true for me after listening to Keller's story and letters and thinking over whatever I know of Napoleon， which comes largely from museums， Tolstoy's War and Peace， and The Count of Monte Cristo。 Keller is the antithesis of Napoleon。 Twain may be suggesting that life is impossible without symbols of either pure war or pure peace 。。。 If I knew how to resurrect someone， family aside， it may very well be Keller。 Her story touched my heart。 My version included Anne Sullivan's letters as well。 When Sullivan describes her experience teaching Keller， particularly about God， heaven， and spirituality， and offers the actual barrage of questions and answers only a young Keller could have， I felt such delight。 An extremely quotable book， as well。 I just wish she would've written it much later in life。 It ends more/less with her life in college。 And she did so much beyond that。。。 。。。more
Savita Singh
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This beautiful book should be read with interest and compassion in the heart， never forgetting that the author was blind， deaf and dumb 。 It comprises of an autobiography by Helen Keller ， and a latter section ， by a third person ， devoted to the discussion and analysis of Helen's brilliant achievements and the genius that was her teacher ， Anne Sullivan 。 Helen learnt English， French ， German ， Latin and Greek and went on to attain a BA degree 。 Mr Whittier （ poet ） says ， " Ms Sullivan was He This beautiful book should be read with interest and compassion in the heart， never forgetting that the author was blind， deaf and dumb 。 It comprises of an autobiography by Helen Keller ， and a latter section ， by a third person ， devoted to the discussion and analysis of Helen's brilliant achievements and the genius that was her teacher ， Anne Sullivan 。 Helen learnt English， French ， German ， Latin and Greek and went on to attain a BA degree 。 Mr Whittier （ poet ） says ， " Ms Sullivan was Helen's spiritual liberator 。 " True！ Ms Sullivan brought wonder， light （ of education ） and happiness into a seven years old's dark and angry world 。 Helen wanted other blind and deaf children to benefit from education 。 In her message to other deaf children ， learning to speak ， she is very positive and encouraging。 。。。。 Be of good cheer。。。。 you will succeed if you persevere。。。。。 you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles - a delight in climbing rugged paths 。。。。。 sometime ， somewhere ， somehow we shall find that which we seek 。 We shall speak ， yes ， and sing ， too ， as God intended 。。。。 Her words in the closing paragraph are deeply touching 。。。。 What if 。。。。 a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing ？ What if a ray of light should flash through the darkened chambers of my soul ？ 。。。。 Would the heart ， overweighed with sudden joy ， stop beating for the very excess of happiness ？ Her words remind us to value our health ， while we have it ， and to pay heed to the body's distress signals when any part is malfunctioning 。 Helen's life teaches us to tackle obstacles with cheerful optimism ， and great courage and perseverance 。 If she could make it ， so can we 。 I salute Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan ！ 。。。more
Heather Steed
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Kind of all over the place， but I liked how fanciful and romantic she was about everything。 I feel a little unresolved because I still don’t understand how she did what she did， but I guess that’s probably why she’s so famous。 She had incredible tenacity that I am in awe of。
Rebecca
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I think few people have lived lives as deep and fulfilling as the life of Helen Keller， who is proof sent from God that “things seen are temporal， and things unseen are eternal。”This book helped me to understand the importance of true education— not just sending a child to school。 I loved the quote “…a child's mind is like a shallow brook which ripples and dances merrily over the stony course of its education and reflects here a flower， there a bush， yonder a fleecy cloud。” I think few people have lived lives as deep and fulfilling as the life of Helen Keller， who is proof sent from God that “things seen are temporal， and things unseen are eternal。”This book helped me to understand the importance of true education— not just sending a child to school。 I loved the quote “…a child's mind is like a shallow brook which ripples and dances merrily over the stony course of its education and reflects here a flower， there a bush， yonder a fleecy cloud。” 。。。more
Kirsten
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As a child I was utterly captivated by the story of Helen Keller and have been keen to reread her autobiography as an adult reader。 I found her even more inspiring than I remembered - tenacious， intelligent， articulate and resilient in the face of incredible challenges。 I loved hearing again the stories of her childhood。 I don’t think that I realised when I was younger how much she had accomplished， and I was blown away by her achievements （and loved her rant on the limitations and constraints o As a child I was utterly captivated by the story of Helen Keller and have been keen to reread her autobiography as an adult reader。 I found her even more inspiring than I remembered - tenacious， intelligent， articulate and resilient in the face of incredible challenges。 I loved hearing again the stories of her childhood。 I don’t think that I realised when I was younger how much she had accomplished， and I was blown away by her achievements （and loved her rant on the limitations and constraints of academia， but maybe that’s because I’m in the midst of graduate studies！！）。 No surprises that I loved her own love literature - anyone who can say “Literature is my utopia” is pretty good in my book！ ♥️📚Short， engaging and inspiring， my only complaint is the audio narrator was not so inspiring。 Small price to pay for such an encouraging walk down memory lane I guess！😊 。。。more
Amy
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Kept this ebook on my phone for downtimes whenever I was stuck somewhere and didn’t feel like scrolling social media。 This memoir was more so just a love letter to every person and passion in Helen’s life。 I love her joy， optimism， and wonder and am glad I picked this up。
David
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Helen Keller's account of her childhood offers much worth discussion。 Her use of visual metaphor， her discussions of language and experience， her views on education， and her earnest attempts to describe her distinctive outlook generally all remake the familiar world。 Some of her concerns are more quotidian， but they don't diminish her fascinating perspective。 Helen Keller's account of her childhood offers much worth discussion。 Her use of visual metaphor， her discussions of language and experience， her views on education， and her earnest attempts to describe her distinctive outlook generally all remake the familiar world。 Some of her concerns are more quotidian， but they don't diminish her fascinating perspective。 。。。more
Aya
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2。5
Masha
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Helen Keller was an incredible person， I loved learning about her life and the things she did…the life she had really was inspiring。 Tragic， but inspiring。 Proud to have done so much research/biographies/projects on her！！！
Liam McLennan
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Her family is the hero of this story， and their wealth。
Mark
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Super short and quick read。 Just ok。 Some nuggets of quotes on her mindset and determination are great to look back at。 Amazing determined inspiring woman but the writing a bit dry。
Ae Lim
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It is inspiring story for me and I will remember every word from the book because it motivates me to continue my life and to be greatful for what I have and to achieve your dreams。 Hellen Keller is amazing human like how she can survived that？ How can she even learned different language？ I think I'm gonna start now in learning new language because I'm jealous to helen keller。 It is inspiring story for me and I will remember every word from the book because it motivates me to continue my life and to be greatful for what I have and to achieve your dreams。 Hellen Keller is amazing human like how she can survived that？ How can she even learned different language？ I think I'm gonna start now in learning new language because I'm jealous to helen keller。 。。。more
Alicia Geddes
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I think Helen Keller is a great example of someone who finds a way to love life and drink it in every moment。 If I could talk to any historical figure， I would love to talk to her。
Susan King
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What an extraordinary woman and book， well worth reading。
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Megan Lewellyn
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Okay， before I say anything， i think this book was great and helen keller was a amazing woman。 Now that we got that out of the way， I dnfed this book。 This book is so fucking boring and after I got 30 pages into the letters， I thought they were too much of a pain to get through。 I did finish the actual book written by Keller but any extras I skipped and so it's up to you if I actually dnfed the book or not。 I'm going to say no for my own sake。 Okay， before I say anything， i think this book was great and helen keller was a amazing woman。 Now that we got that out of the way， I dnfed this book。 This book is so fucking boring and after I got 30 pages into the letters， I thought they were too much of a pain to get through。 I did finish the actual book written by Keller but any extras I skipped and so it's up to you if I actually dnfed the book or not。 I'm going to say no for my own sake。 。。。more
Nicole Teitler
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In colloquial society， we often reference Helen Keller。 But how many of us truly know or understand how she was able to overcome her disabilities to become one of the most historic female figures？ In a first-hand account， Helen Keller takes us on a journey from the time she was born through her college years。 She writes with vivid detail and description， clearly adhering to her audience rather than her own limitations。 She describes sights and sounds in such a beautiful symphony that， for a mome In colloquial society， we often reference Helen Keller。 But how many of us truly know or understand how she was able to overcome her disabilities to become one of the most historic female figures？ In a first-hand account， Helen Keller takes us on a journey from the time she was born through her college years。 She writes with vivid detail and description， clearly adhering to her audience rather than her own limitations。 She describes sights and sounds in such a beautiful symphony that， for a moment， you forget that she herself could not see or hear。 Readers will laugh as she questions "who put salt in this water？" when visiting the ocean， how she learned what "love" was， and the seemingly endless knowledge she was able to acquire throughout her life。 Helen Keller's words are aspirational and will inspire everyone to push through their own difficulties。It's a must-read， but feel free to skip over the Letters section at the end。 。。。more
Clive Parkin
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Some interest in “how” it all worked and the letters section at he back that described her developing grammar was worth a look at。
Kallie
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I started this in January and it is now august I really want to finish this ， but I keep getting more books and forgetting about it 。 I’ll write more later when I finish 。
Karolína
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Silou mocou som prečítala tretinu knihy。 Čakala som od knižky viac o jej živote， avšak priveľa jej myšlienok z rozborov diel ma dosť otrávil。 Preto o veľmi dlhej dobe som nedočítala nejakú knižku。
Amber
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I read this as a child and it stuck with me and so did some of her ideas but I am getting stuck looking it at it through a modern lens and her use of ableist language。 Yes it is easier to say she saw something but she was blind。 I would have preferred to have a better understanding of exactly how she was “seeing” things described because it threw me off every time even though I know from the times she did describe it that she was feeling things with her hands。 Like when she was standing in front I read this as a child and it stuck with me and so did some of her ideas but I am getting stuck looking it at it through a modern lens and her use of ableist language。 Yes it is easier to say she saw something but she was blind。 I would have preferred to have a better understanding of exactly how she was “seeing” things described because it threw me off every time even though I know from the times she did describe it that she was feeling things with her hands。 Like when she was standing in front of the mirror to get ready like she had seen her mother do so many times？ Or how she set her doll across from her so that it would be looking at her？ I think she would have written it differently today and after her formal education it doesn’t get into so much of like all the things she did and how she got involved in all that。 I don’t know how old she was when she wrote this but I would have liked to hear more about her personal life and here I am mixing senses because I “saw” not “heard” the book。 。。。more
Taliarochminska
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Mark Twain said that the two most interesting figures of XIXth century are Napoleon and Helen Keller， after reading this book it is difficult to disagree with him。 It’s an extraordinary story， written in unusually rich and correct english， impressive in many aspects ranging from grammatical beauty to the willpower of this extraordinary woman， who despite her deafness and blindness finished Harvard， gave speeches and even controlled a plane！ And above all- she managed what we all dream about - to Mark Twain said that the two most interesting figures of XIXth century are Napoleon and Helen Keller， after reading this book it is difficult to disagree with him。 It’s an extraordinary story， written in unusually rich and correct english， impressive in many aspects ranging from grammatical beauty to the willpower of this extraordinary woman， who despite her deafness and blindness finished Harvard， gave speeches and even controlled a plane！ And above all- she managed what we all dream about - to keep the positive spirit no matter the circumstances。 Yet it is a story without pathos- and often mentions the realities - the initiative problems with temper， concept of darkness in inability to express oneself， or that Ms Sullivan - the teacher - picked a job， purely because that was something that paid well - overall 10/10 。。。more
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