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Being Divine: A Biography of Sarah Bernhardt
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May 19, 2012
It was unfortunate that Brandon wrote what could hae been an interesting biography of the great Sarah Bernhardt and decided to try to psychoanalyze her instead. Brandon is not a therapist and destroyed her credibility as a biographer by suggesting that Bernhardt suffered from the malady de jour (the book was written in the 90s), multiple personality disorder. Nothing in Bernhardt's life, no comments from her friends, lovers or even Bernhardt's enemies support Brandon's hypthesis and the biography suffers because of it.
March 23, 2025
I was really disappointed with this book. Bernhardt was a fascinating woman, but the author doesn’t convey this - the writing is poor, and the book is poorly structured. It is in dire need of chapters setting out the social and theatrical contexts.
If you want to read a decent book about Bernhardt, this isn’t it.
If you want to read a decent book about Bernhardt, this isn’t it.
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