内容简介
AnAmericanclassicrediscoveredbyeachgeneration,TheStoryofMyLifeisHelenKeller'saccountofhertriumphoverdeafnessandblindness.PopularizedbythestageplayandmovieTheMiracleWorker,Keller'sstoryhasbecomeasymbolofhopeforpeopleallovertheworld.Thisbook–publishedwhenKellerwasonlytwenty-two–portraysthewildchildwhoislockedinthedarkandsilentprisonofherownbody.Withanextraordinaryimmediacy,Kellerrevealsherfrustrationsandrage,andtakesthereaderontheunforgettablejourneyofhereducationandbreakthroughsintotheworldofcommunication.FromthemomentKellerrecognizestheword"water"whenherteacherfinger-spellstheletters,wesharehertriumphas"thatlivingwordawakenedmysoul,gaveitlight,hope,joy,setitfree!"Anunparalleledchronicleofcourage,TheStoryofMyLiferemainsstartlinglyfreshandvitalmorethanacenturyafteritsfirstpublication,atimelesstestamenttoanindomitablewill.
作者简介
HELENKELLERwasbornonJune27,1880,inTuscumbia,Alabama.Atnineteenmonthsoldanacuteilnessnearlytookherlifeandleftherdeafandblind.AttherecommendationofAlexanderGrahamBell,herparentscontactedthePerkinsinstitutefortheBlindinBoston,andAnneSullivanwassenttotutorHelen.Thestoryoftheirearlyyearstogether,andHelen'sremarkablepyschologicalandintellectualgrowth,istoldinTheStoryofMyLife,whichfirstappearedininstallmentsinLadies'HomeJournalin1902.WithAnneSullivan,"Teacher,"atherside,HelenKellergraduatedfromRadcliffeCollegein1904,anextraordinaryaccomplishmentforanywomanofhertime.Awomen's-rightsactivist,asocialist,andaworld-famouscelebrity,HelenKellerreceivedthePresidentialMedalofFreedomandmanyhonorarydegrees.HerotherbooksincludeTheWorldIliveIn(1908),Midstream:MyLaterLife(1929),HelenKeller'sJournal(1938),andLetusHaveFaith(1940).Shediedin1968.HerburialurnisintheNationalCathedralinWashingtion,D.C.