Thérèse Berton knew Sarah Bernhardt for decades, and this memoir, published the year Bernhardt died, sets out to tell the private life behind the publicity. It follows her from childhood through the Conservatoire and the Comédie-Française to her fame, love affairs, debts, quarrels and tours, with the gossip of a friend who saw it all at close range.
A lively, partial portrait of the most famous actress of the age, for theatre lovers. Download the free EPUB.