My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

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Sarah Bernhardt. My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

Table of Contents

I. — CHILDHOOD

II. — AT BOARDING SCHOOL

III. — CONVENT LIFE

IV. — MY DÉBUT

V. — THE SOLDIER’S SHAKO

VI. — THE FAMILY COUNCIL AND MY FIRST VISIT TO A THEATRE

VII. — MY CAREER—FIRST LESSONS

VIII. — THE CONSERVATOIRE

IX. — A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL AND EXAMINATIONS—THE CONSERVATOIRE

X. — MY FIRST ENGAGEMENT AT THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE

XI. — MY DÉBUT AT THE HOUSE OF MOLIÈRE, AND MY FIRST DEPARTURE THEREFROM

XII. — AT THE GYMNASE THEATRE—A TRIP TO SPAIN

XIII. — FROM THE PORTE ST. MARTIN THEATRE TO THE ODÉON

XIV. — LE PASSANT—AT THE TUILERIES—FIRE IN MY FLAT

XV. — THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR

XVI. — SARAH BERNHARDT’S AMBULANCE AT THE ODÉON THEATRE

XVII. — PARIS BOMBARDED

XVIII. — A BOLD JOURNEY THROUGH THE GERMAN LINES

XIX. — MY RETURN TO PARIS—THE COMMUNE—AT ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE

XX. — VICTOR HUGO

XXI. — A MEMORABLE SUPPER

XXII. — AT THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE AGAIN—SCULPTURE

XXIII. — A DESCENT INTO THE ENFER DU PLOGOFF—MY FIRST APPEARANCE AS PHÈDRE—THE DECORATION OF MY NEW MANSION

XXIV. — ALEXANDRE DUMAS—L’ETRANGÈRE—MY SCULPTURE AT THE SALON

XXV. — “HERNANI”—A TRIP IN A BALLOON

XXVI. — THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE GOES TO LONDON

XXVII. — LONDON LIFE—MY FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE GAIETY THEATRE

XXVIII. — MY PERFORMANCES IN LONDON—MY EXHIBITION—MY WILD ANIMALS—TROUBLE WITH THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE

XXIX. — THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE RETURNS TO PARIS-SARAH BERNHARDT’S COMMENTS ON ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF THE DAY

XXX. — MY DEPARTURE FROM THE COMÉDIE FRANÇAISE-PREPARATIONS FOR MY FIRST AMERICAN TOUR—ANOTHER VISIT TO LONDON

XXXI. — A TOUR IN DENMARK—ROYAL FAMILIES—THE “TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS” OF SARAH BERNHARDT

XXXII. — EXPERIENCES AND REFLECTIONS ON BOARD SHIP FROM HÂVRE TO NEW YORK

XXXIII. — ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK—AMERICAN REPORTERS—THE CUSTOM HOUSE—PERFORMANCES IN NEW YORK—A VISIT TO EDISON AT MENLO PARK

XXXIV. — AT BOSTON—STORY OF THE WHALE

XXXV. — MONTREAL’S GRAND RECEPTION—THE POET FRECHETTE—AN ESCAPADE ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER

XXXVI. — SPRINGFIELD—BALTIMORE—PHILADELPHIA—CHICAGO—ADVENTURES BETWEEN ST. LOUIS AND CINCINNATI—CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

XXXVII. — NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER AMERICAN CITIES—A VISIT TO THE FALLS OF NIAGARA

XXXVIII. — THE RETURN TO FRANCE—THE WELCOME AT HÂVRE

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Sarah Bernhardt

Published by Good Press, 2022

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“You told your aunt an untruth, then.”

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