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Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais

Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais

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    Biography & autobiography
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    English
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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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  • 01
    Preface
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    Ch. I - In Which the Handsome Watchmaker Comes to Court
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    Ch. II - Mme. Francquet and the First Marriage of Beaumarchais
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    Ch. III - The Duel
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    Ch. IV - Some Early Adventures of Beaumarchais
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    Ch. V - An Adventure in Spain
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    Ch. VI - In Old Madrid
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    Ch. VII - The Story of the Beautiful Creole
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    Ch. VIII - Beaumarchais in His Early Plays
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    Ch. IX - Mme. Lévêque and the Second Marriage of Beaumarchais
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    Ch. X - Beaumarchais at Law
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    Ch. XI - Beaumarchais, the Mad Duke, and the Demi-Mondaine
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    Ch. XII - Beaumarchais in Prison
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    Ch. XIII - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New"
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    Ch. XIV - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" Continued
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    Ch. XV - Concerning Mlle. Willermaula and the Third Marriage of Beaumarchais
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    Ch. XVI - On Secret Service
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    Ch. XVII - Beaumarchais and the Brigands of the Leichtenholtz
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    XVIII - A Mysterious Affair
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    XIX - "The Barber of Seville"
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    XX - Beaumarchais and the Chevalier d'Éon
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    XXI - The Rehabilitation of Beaumarchais
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    XXII - Beaumarchais in Conflict with the Players
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    XXIII - Beaumarchais Closes His Account
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    XXIV - In Which Beaumarchais Discovers America
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    XXV - Beaumarchais and Voltaire
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    XXVI - About "The Marriage of Figaro"
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    XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 1
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    XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 2
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    XXVIII - Beaumarchais and Mirabeau
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    XXIX - The Tribulations of a Knight-Errant
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    XXX - Tarare, and the Last Incarnation of Figaro
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    XXXI - Beaumarchais and the Deluge
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    XXXII - The Exile's Return, Last Years and Death
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