My Double Life

About this eBook

Author

Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923

Title

My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Sharon Joiner, Suzanne Shell, Sandra Brown, TBC and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Actors -- France -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

9100

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9100

Release Date

October 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MY DOUBLE LIFE MEMOIRS OF SARAH BERNHARDT
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF PLATES
4. 4.I CHILDHOOD
5. 5.II AT BOARDING SCHOOL
6. 6.III CONVENT LIFE
7. 7.IV MY DÉBUT
8. 8.V THE SOLDIER’S SHAKO
9. 9.VI THE FAMILY COUNCIL AND MY FIRST VISIT TO A THEATRE
10. 10.VII MY CAREER—FIRST LESSONS
11. 11.VIII THE CONSERVATOIRE
12. 12.IX A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL AND EXAMINATIONS—THE CONSERVATOIRE
13. 13.X MY FIRST ENGAGEMENT AT THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE
14. 14.XI MY DÉBUT AT THE HOUSE OF MOLIÈRE, AND MY FIRST DEPARTURE THEREFROM
15. 15.XII AT THE GYMNASE THEATRE—A TRIP TO SPAIN
16. 16.XIII FROM THE PORTE ST. MARTIN THEATRE TO THE ODÉON
17. 17.XIV LE PASSANT—AT THE TUILERIES—FIRE IN MY FLAT
18. 18.XV THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
19. 19.XVI SARAH BERNHARDT’S AMBULANCE AT THE ODÉON THEATRE
20. 20.XVII PARIS BOMBARDED
21. 21.XVIII A BOLD JOURNEY THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES
22. 22.XIX MY RETURN TO PARIS—THE COMMUNE—AT ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE
23. 23.XX VICTOR HUGO
24. 24.XXI A MEMORABLE SUPPER
25. 25.XXII AT THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE AGAIN—SCULPTURE
26. 26.XXIII A DESCENT INTO THE ENFER DU PLOGOFF—MY FIRST APPEARANCE AS PHÈDRE—THE DECORATION OF MY NEW MANSION
27. 27.XXIV ALEXANDRE DUMAS—L’ETRANGÈRE—MY SCULPTURE AT THE SALON
28. 28.XXV “HERNANI”—A TRIP IN A BALLOON
29. 29.XXVI THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE GOES TO LONDON
30. 30.XXVII LONDON LIFE—MY FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE GAIETY THEATRE
31. 31.XXVIII MY PERFORMANCES IN LONDON—MY EXHIBITION—MY WILD ANIMALS—TROUBLE WITH THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE
32. 32.XXIX THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE RETURNS TO PARIS—SARAH BERNHARDT’S COMMENTS ON ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF THE DAY
33. 33.XXX MY DEPARTURE FROM THE COMÉDIE FRANAÇISE—PREPARATIONS FOR MY FIRST AMERICAN TOUR—ANOTHER VISIT TO LONDON
34. 34.XXXI A TOUR IN DENMARK—ROYAL FAMILIES—THE “TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS” OF SARAH BERNHARDT
35. 35.XXXII EXPERIENCES AND REFLECTIONS ON BOARD SHIP FROM HÂVRE TO NEW YORK
36. 36.XXXIII ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK—AMERICAN REPORTERS—THE CUSTOM-HOUSE—PERFORMANCES IN NEW YORK—A VISIT TO EDISON AT MENLO PARK
37. 37.XXXIV AT BOSTON—STORY OF THE WHALE
38. 38.XXXV MONTREAL’S GRAND RECEPTION—THE POET FRÉCHETTE—AN ESCAPADE ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
39. 39.XXXVI SPRINGFIELD—BALTIMORE—PHILADELPHIA—CHICAGO—ADVENTURES BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND CINCINNATI—CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
40. 40.XXXVII NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER AMERICAN CITIES—A VISIT TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA
41. 41.XXXVIII THE RETURN TO FRANCE—THE WELCOME AT HÂVRE
42. 42.INDEX

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