Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais
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87
1922
English
- Preface
- Ch. I - In Which the Handsome Watchmaker Comes to Court
- Ch. II - Mme. Francquet and the First Marriage of Beaumarchais
- Ch. III - The Duel
- Ch. IV - Some Early Adventures of Beaumarchais
- Ch. V - An Adventure in Spain
- Ch. VI - In Old Madrid
- Ch. VII - The Story of the Beautiful Creole
- Ch. VIII - Beaumarchais in His Early Plays
- Ch. IX - Mme. Lévêque and the Second Marriage of Beaumarchais
- Ch. X - Beaumarchais at Law
- Ch. XI - Beaumarchais, the Mad Duke, and the Demi-Mondaine
- Ch. XII - Beaumarchais in Prison
- Ch. XIII - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New"
- Ch. XIV - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" Continued
- Ch. XV - Concerning Mlle. Willermaula and the Third Marriage of Beaumarchais
- Ch. XVI - On Secret Service
- Ch. XVII - Beaumarchais and the Brigands of the Leichtenholtz
- XVIII - A Mysterious Affair
- XIX - "The Barber of Seville"
- XX - Beaumarchais and the Chevalier d'Éon
- XXI - The Rehabilitation of Beaumarchais
- XXII - Beaumarchais in Conflict with the Players
- XXIII - Beaumarchais Closes His Account
- XXIV - In Which Beaumarchais Discovers America
- XXV - Beaumarchais and Voltaire
- XXVI - About "The Marriage of Figaro"
- XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 1
- XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 2
- XXVIII - Beaumarchais and Mirabeau
- XXIX - The Tribulations of a Knight-Errant
- XXX - Tarare, and the Last Incarnation of Figaro
- XXXI - Beaumarchais and the Deluge
- XXXII - The Exile's Return, Last Years and Death
Beaumarchais – Watchmaker, music teacher, politician, opportunist, publisher, secret agent for Louis XVI, yet fomenter of revolution in both France and America – and yet again imprisoned for being an enemy of the Revolution. . . Friend of Voltaire, libertarian, arms dealer, and dramatist whose famous Figaro trio of satirical plays reflects the dissolution of Medieval society and torturous emergence of a new democratic era. This biography by John Rivers was originally published in 1922. (Summary by Lynette Caulkins)
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