The Story of My Life
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The Story of My Life is Helen Keller’s famous autobiography recounting her early childhood, the onset of her deafblindness, and her education and personal development with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Story of My Life canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
autobiography
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book ⓘ |
| adaptationInspired | The Miracle Worker ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Helen Keller ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describesEvent |
Helen Keller’s early childhood in Tuscumbia, Alabama
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Helen Keller’s entrance to Radcliffe College ⓘ Helen Keller’s illness leading to deafblindness ⓘ Helen Keller’s learning of manual alphabet ⓘ Helen Keller’s learning to read Braille ⓘ Helen Keller’s learning to speak ⓘ arrival of Anne Sullivan as Helen Keller’s teacher ⓘ |
| describesPlace |
Perkins School for the Blind
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surface form:
Perkins Institution for the Blind
Radcliffe College ⓘ Tuscumbia ⓘ
surface form:
Tuscumbia, Alabama
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| featuresCharacter |
Annie Sullivan
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surface form:
Anne Sullivan
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| firstPublishedAs | serial in Ladies' Home Journal ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
Braille edition
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audio book ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| influenced | public perception of people with disabilities ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of disability literature
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widely assigned in schools ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Helen Keller ⓘ |
| notableCharacterization | portrayal of Anne Sullivan as “Teacher” ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
communication and language acquisition
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importance of education ⓘ overcoming disability ⓘ perseverance ⓘ teacher–student relationship ⓘ |
| part1Content | Helen Keller’s life up to age 21 written by herself ⓘ |
| part2Content | letters written by Helen Keller ⓘ |
| part3Content | commentary by others about Helen Keller ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Doubleday
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surface form:
Doubleday, Page & Company
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| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | three parts ⓘ |
| subject |
Annie Sullivan
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surface form:
Anne Sullivan
Helen Keller ⓘ deafblindness ⓘ education of people with disabilities ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | Helen Keller’s life from birth to early adulthood ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Helen Keller