Sarah Bernhardt and Her World [Hardcover]

Joanna Richardson (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 232 pages
• Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd; 1St Edition edition (February 24, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0297772538
• ISBN-13: 978-0297772538
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,491,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Sarah Bernhardt remains evasive, July 28, 1999

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Paul A. Dunphy (Bogota, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sarah Bernhardt and Her World (Hardcover)

While Ms. Richardson has given us a good overview of Bernhardt's life, she never quite gets below the surface of what made her the unique actress she was. She mentions that the French audiences became quite cool toward her but never bothers to epxlain that Zola and Baudelaire had brought realism to literature and the theater of that time and that Mme. Sarah's grand way of acting and declaming was out of style. She mentions the personalities who peopled Bernhardt's world but, for readers unfamiliar with French art and literature, it is never explained what place they occupied. There are several quotations in French but no translation is supplied. The illustrations are marvelous but take up too much of the book - more detailed text would be appreciated.