Bibliograph

The first actress, a novel of Sarah Bernhardt, C. W. Gortner

Type

Label

The first actress, a novel of Sarah Bernhardt, C. W. Gortner

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The first actress

Oclc number

1149509034

Responsibility statement

C. W. Gortner

Sub title

a novel of Sarah Bernhardt

Summary

The daughter of a high-class courtesan, Sarah Bernhardt's mother pulled her out of convent school to set her up as a sexual companion to a rich elderly gentleman. Sarah is pregnant and unmarried at sixteen, expected to give up her baby to the nuns, but she refuses to let him go. A natural talent and darkly beautiful, her innovative acting style attracts both admiration and scorn. Amazingly, she is hired by the famed Comédie Française-- only to have her life torn asunder in the savagery of the 1870 Siege of Paris. Amidst the ruins of the city, Sarah nurses wounded soldiers before returning to the Comédie and becoming world famous. -- adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

Classification