The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

Name: The Story of My Life
Author: Helen Keller

Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, is a remarkable account of her life as a deaf and blind woman. It begins with her childhood in Alabama, where she was born in 1880. She was a healthy baby, but at the age of 19 months she contracted an illness that left her deaf and blind. The book chronicles her struggles to learn how to communicate and how she eventually learned to read and write in Braille. It also tells of her education at the Perkins Institute for the Blind and her later studies at Radcliffe College. The book also details her travels around the world, her work as a lecturer and advocate for the disabled, and her friendships with famous people such as Mark Twain and Alexander Graham Bell. The Story of My Life is an inspiring and uplifting story of a woman who overcame tremendous obstacles to lead a full and meaningful life.

By Helen Keller · First published 1903 · Genre: Autobiography, Biography, Memoir · 23 chapters · 36,996 words

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To ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. Who has taught the deaf to speak and enabled the listening ear to hear speech from the Atlantic to the Rockies, I dedicate this Story of My Life.

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Work type: Novel
Author: Helen Keller
Date: 1903 CE
Language: English
Genres: Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, Inspirational
Length: 36,996 words
Structure: 23 chapters, 1,039 paragraphs
Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

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Autobiography — The title of the book, 'The Story of My Life', implies that the book is an autobiography, as it is a narrative of Helen Keller's life.
Biography — The book is a biography of Helen Keller, as it is a narrative of her life.
Memoir — The book is a memoir, as it is a narrative of Helen Keller's life written from her own perspective.
Inspirational — The book is inspirational, as it tells the story of Helen Keller's life and her struggles, and how she overcame them.