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The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum) by Pierre ABÉLARD (1079 - 1142), translated by Henry Adams BELLOWS (1803 - 1873) Genre(s): Memoirs Read by: Martin Geeson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Foreword, Chapters I-V 00:28:30 - 02 - Chapters VI, VII 00:57:45 - 03 - Chapters VIII, IX 01:23:13 - 04 - Chapters X-XII 01:57:14 - 05 - Chapters XIII-XV Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, as of course doesthe very concept of Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a concisebut vivid survey of his notoriously calamitous life. The work is couched in theform of a letter to an afflicted friend. Abelard's abrasively competitive, oftenarrogant personality emerges at once in the brief Foreword, where he informs hiscorrespondent: '(I)n comparing your sorrows with mine, you may discover thatyours are in truth no
