# Helen Keller — The Autobiography of Mark Twain character guide

> Helen Keller in The Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Helen

**First appearance:** 0037-volume-i-january-9-1906

## Who they are

Deaf-blind author and activist, friend of Twain.

## Relationships

### [Clara Spaulding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/characters/clara_spaulding)

_friendship_

Clara Spaulding was a companion and teacher to Helen Keller, fostering her education.

## In the story

### [Friday, March 30, 1906](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_mark_twain_se/chapters/volume-ii-friday-march-30-1906)

Ill in bed due to overwork for the blind, deaf, and dumb; writes a letter read at the meeting; Twain describes her as an immortal and recounts their first meeting.

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