| Author |
Reef, Catherine, author.
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| Title |
Sarah Bernhardt : the divine and dazzling life of the world's first superstar / Catherine Reef. |
| OCLC |
1107151266 |
| ISBN |
9781328557506 |
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1328557502 |
| Publisher |
Boston : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] |
| Description |
152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923 -- Juvenile literature.
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Actresses -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Children's
Subject heading/s |
Actors and actresses -- France -- Biography.
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Women in the performing arts.
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LC
Genre heading/s |
Young adult literature.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Biographies.
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| Audience |
Ages: 12+. |
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Grades: 7-8. |
| Summary |
"A tantalizing biography for teens on Sarah Bernhardt, the first international celebrity and one of the greatest actors of all time, who lived a highly unconventional, utterly fascinating life. Illustrated with more than sixty-five photos of Bernhardt on stage, in film, and in real life." -- Provided by publisher. |
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Reef follows the transformation of a girl of humble origins, born to a courtesan, into a fabulously talented, wealthy, and beloved icon. Sarah Bernhardt is still considered to be one of the greatest performers of all time. Boldly unconventional, extravagantly eccentric and unapologetically promiscuous, Bernhardt-- the divine Sarah-- was the global superstar of the 1800s-- and perhaps one of the greatest performers of all time. -- adapted from jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue. Face to face -- What can be done with Sarah? -- France's greatest actor-in-training -- Stepping onto the world's stage -- Under siege -- A strange girl in the belle époque -- World famous -- Public woman/private life -- The great and good Sarah -- A flaming heart -- Wounded bird. |
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