My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt

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CONTENTS (abridged list)
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
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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 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
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