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Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World's First Superstar

By Catherine Reef
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Imprint Clarion ISBN

9781328557506

Sarah Bernhardt: The Divine and Dazzling Life of the World's First Superstar

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9781328557506J
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Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes

Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actor who became a global superstar in the late nineteenth century—the Lady Gaga of her day—and is still considered to be one of the greatest performers of all time. This fast-paced account of her life, filled with provocative detail, brilliantly follows the transformation of a girl of humble origins, born to a courtesan, into a fabulously talented, wealthy, and beloved icon. Not only was her acting trajectory remarkable, but her personal life was filled with jaw-dropping exploits, and she was extravagantly eccentric, living with a series of exotic animals and sleeping in a coffin. She grew to be deeply admired around the world, despite her unabashed and public promiscuity at a time when convention was king; she slept with each of her leading men and proudly raised a son without a husband.



A fascinating and fast-paced deep dive into the world of the divine Sarah. Illustrated with more than sixty-five photos of Bernhardt on stage, in film, and in real life.
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