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The text of Jane Austen's classic tale is accompanied by an introduction to the author's life and work and explanatory notes discussing the novel's historical context, language, characters, and themes.

Roman anglais --- Classes sociales --- Gentry --- Jeunes femmes --- Choix du conjoint --- Cour amoureuse --- Soeurs --- Austen, Jane, --- Grande-Bretagne --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Austen, Jane

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Through a study of the actress' films, records and writings, Gerda Taranow reconstructs the rigorously developed artistry that lay behind the superb performances. Analyzing each histrionic element and discussing repertoire she shows how Bernhardt adapted the techniques learned at the Conservatoire and in the theatre to her own particular strengths and limitations.Originally published in 1972.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama. --- Bernhardt, Sarah, --- Acting. --- Adrienne Lecouvreur. --- Amoureuse. --- Andromaque. --- Arthur Symons. --- Athalie. --- Bajazet (play). --- Blanche Marchesi. --- Camille Saint-Saëns. --- Cavatina. --- Charles Gounod. --- Classicism. --- Clement Scott. --- Contralto. --- Cyrano (musical). --- Declamation. --- Dinorah. --- Dion Boucicault. --- Dramaturgy. --- Edmond Rostand. --- Eleonora Duse. --- Eric Bentley. --- Ernani. --- Fairy tale. --- Five Plays. --- Francesca da Rimini. --- Giacomo Meyerbeer. --- Gianni Bettini. --- Gismonda. --- Giuseppe Verdi. --- Goethe's Faust. --- Grand opera. --- Harper's Bazaar. --- Harry Baur. --- Hernani (drama). --- Hesketh Pearson. --- His Wife's Lover. --- Hyperbole. --- Ingenue (stock character). --- Jean Giraudoux. --- Jean Richepin. --- Jean-Louis Barrault. --- Jules Barbier. --- Jules Massenet. --- King Lear. --- Le Cid (opera). --- Le Figaro. --- Les Femmes Savantes. --- Libretto. --- Liebestod. --- Lillie Langtry. --- Lorenzaccio. --- Louis Jouvet. --- Lyric soprano. --- Mad scene. --- Marcel Schwob. --- Marcella Sembrich. --- Marguerite (musical). --- Mathilde Marchesi. --- Maude Adams. --- Max Beerbohm. --- Melodrama. --- Mephistopheles. --- Mise-en-scène. --- Mithridate. --- Molière. --- Mrs. Patrick Campbell. --- Opera and Drama. --- Oreste. --- Pantomime. --- Parody. --- Passepied. --- Passion and Purity. --- Quibble (plot device). --- Rachel's. --- Revue. --- Reynaldo Hahn. --- Rodgers and Hammerstein. --- Romanticism. --- Sacha Guitry. --- Sarah Bernhardt. --- Sardou. --- Shylock. --- Six Acts. --- Soubrette. --- Sound effect. --- Superiority (short story). --- Tartuffe. --- The Actress. --- The Duenna. --- The Human Voice. --- The Lady from the Sea. --- The Marriage of Figaro. --- Title role. --- Tragedy. --- Travesti (theatre). --- Two Women. --- Victor Hugo. --- Victorien Sardou. --- William Shakespeare.