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My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

by Sarah Bernhardt

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Contents

  1. I. Childhood
  2. II. At Boarding School
  3. III. Convent Life
  4. IV. My Début
  5. V. The Soldier’s Shako
  6. VI. The Family Council and My First Visit to a Theatre
  7. VII. My Career—First Lessons
  8. VIII. The Conservatoire
  9. IX. A Marriage Proposal and Examinations—The Conservatoire
  10. X. My First Engagement at the Comédie Française
  11. XI. My Début at the House of Molière, and My First Departure Therefrom
  12. XII. At the Gymnase Theatre—A Trip to Spain
  13. XIII. From the Porte St. Martin Theatre to the Odéon
  14. XIV. Le Passant—At the Tuileries—Fire in My Flat
  15. XV. The Franco-Prussian War
  16. XVI. Sarah Bernhardt’s Ambulance at the Odéon Theatre
  17. XVII. Paris Bombarded
  18. XVIII. A Bold Journey Through the German Lines
  19. XIX. My Return to Paris—The Commune—At St. Germain-En-Laye
  20. XX. Victor Hugo
  21. XXI. A Memorable Supper
  22. XXII. At the Comédie Française Again—Sculpture
  23. XXIII. A Descent Into the Enfer Du Plogoff—My First Appearance as Phèdre—The Decoration of My New Mansion
  24. XXIV. Alexandre Dumas—L’Etrangère—My Sculpture at the Salon
  25. XXV. “Hernani”—A Trip in a Balloon
  26. XXVI. The Comédie Française Goes to London
  27. XXVII. London Life—My First Performance at the Gaiety Theatre
  28. XXVIII. My Performances in London—My Exhibition—My Wild Animals—Trouble with the Comédie Française
  29. XXIX. The Comédie Française Returns to Paris—Sarah Bernhardt’s Comments on Actors and Actresses of the Day
  30. XXX. My Departure from the Comédie Franaçise—Preparations for My First American Tour—Another Visit to London
  31. XXXI. A Tour in Denmark—Royal Families—The “Twenty-Eight Days” of Sarah Bernhardt
  32. XXXII. Experiences and Reflections on Board Ship from Hâvre to New York
  33. XXXIII. Arrival in New York—American Reporters—The Custom-House—Performances in New York—A Visit to Edison at Menlo Park
  34. XXXIV. At Boston—Story of the Whale
  35. XXXV. Montreal’s Grand Reception—The Poet Fréchette—An Escapade on the St. Lawrence River
  36. XXXVI. Springfield—Baltimore—Philadelphia—Chicago—Adventures Between St. Louis and Cincinnati—Capital Punishment
  37. XXXVII. New Orleans and Other American Cities—A Visit to the Falls of Niagara
  38. XXXVIII. The Return to France—The Welcome at Hâvre

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