Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais


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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) (11 hr 58 min)

Capítulos

Preface 4:38 Leído por Lynette Caulkins
Ch. I - In Which the Handsome Watchmaker Comes to Court 12:36 Leído por Pamela Nagami
Ch. II - Mme. Francquet and the First Marriage of Beaumarchais 13:06 Leído por Zunzil
Ch. III - The Duel 22:55 Leído por Kerry Adams
Ch. IV - Some Early Adventures of Beaumarchais 15:39 Leído por William Bruce McFadden
Ch. V - An Adventure in Spain 40:10 Leído por Rita Boutros
Ch. VI - In Old Madrid 31:40 Leído por Rita Boutros
Ch. VII - The Story of the Beautiful Creole 44:43 Leído por Rita Boutros
Ch. VIII - Beaumarchais in His Early Plays 18:52 Leído por Rita Boutros
Ch. IX - Mme. Lévêque and the Second Marriage of Beaumarchais 9:54 Leído por Zunzil
Ch. X - Beaumarchais at Law 7:12 Leído por czandra
Ch. XI - Beaumarchais, the Mad Duke, and the Demi-Mondaine 29:10 Leído por czandra
Ch. XII - Beaumarchais in Prison 10:17 Leído por Tatiana Chichilla
Ch. XIII - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" 37:50 Leído por Sarah Rothwell
Ch. XIV - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" … 29:21 Leído por Sarah Rothwell
Ch. XV - Concerning Mlle. Willermaula and the Third Marriage of Beaumarchais 8:53 Leído por Zunzil
Ch. XVI - On Secret Service 15:58 Leído por Availle
Ch. XVII - Beaumarchais and the Brigands of the Leichtenholtz 16:35 Leído por Sarah Rothwell
XVIII - A Mysterious Affair 22:27 Leído por Sonia
XIX - "The Barber of Seville" 53:47 Leído por James R. Hedrick
XX - Beaumarchais and the Chevalier d'Éon 21:38 Leído por Isaac Wachsman
XXI - The Rehabilitation of Beaumarchais 6:47 Leído por Isaac Wachsman
XXII - Beaumarchais in Conflict with the Players 14:15 Leído por Isaac Wachsman
XXIII - Beaumarchais Closes His Account 12:19 Leído por Isaac Wachsman
XXIV - In Which Beaumarchais Discovers America 26:48 Leído por mkirkpat
XXV - Beaumarchais and Voltaire 14:12 Leído por William Bruce McFadden
XXVI - About "The Marriage of Figaro" 21:00 Leído por Sarah Rothwell
XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 1 23:00 Leído por James R. Hedrick
XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 2 44:28 Leído por James R. Hedrick
XXVIII - Beaumarchais and Mirabeau 8:28 Leído por czandra
XXIX - The Tribulations of a Knight-Errant 22:17 Leído por Sarah Rothwell
XXX - Tarare, and the Last Incarnation of Figaro 14:59 Leído por William Bruce McFadden
XXXI - Beaumarchais and the Deluge 31:19 Leído por mkirkpat
XXXII - The Exile's Return, Last Years and Death 11:15 Leído por Tatiana Chichilla