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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)

Chapters

Preface

4:38

Read by Lynette Caulkins

Ch. I - In Which the Handsome Watchmaker Comes to Court

12:36

Read by Pamela Nagami

Ch. II - Mme. Francquet and the First Marriage of Beaumarchais

13:06

Read by Zunzil

Ch. III - The Duel

22:55

Read by Kerry Adams

Ch. IV - Some Early Adventures of Beaumarchais

15:39

Read by William Bruce McFadden

Ch. V - An Adventure in Spain

40:10

Read by Rita Boutros

Ch. VI - In Old Madrid

31:40

Read by Rita Boutros

Ch. VII - The Story of the Beautiful Creole

44:43

Read by Rita Boutros

Ch. VIII - Beaumarchais in His Early Plays

18:52

Read by Rita Boutros

Ch. IX - Mme. Lévêque and the Second Marriage of Beaumarchais

9:54

Read by Zunzil

Ch. X - Beaumarchais at Law

7:12

Read by czandra

Ch. XI - Beaumarchais, the Mad Duke, and the Demi-Mondaine

29:10

Read by czandra

Ch. XII - Beaumarchais in Prison

10:17

Read by Tatiana Chichilla

Ch. XIII - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New"

37:50

Read by Sarah Rothwell

Ch. XIV - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" …

29:21

Read by Sarah Rothwell

Ch. XV - Concerning Mlle. Willermaula and the Third Marriage of Beaumarchais

8:53

Read by Zunzil

Ch. XVI - On Secret Service

15:58

Read by Availle

Ch. XVII - Beaumarchais and the Brigands of the Leichtenholtz

16:35

Read by Sarah Rothwell

XVIII - A Mysterious Affair

22:27

Read by Sonia

XIX - "The Barber of Seville"

53:47

Read by James R. Hedrick

XX - Beaumarchais and the Chevalier d'Éon

21:38

Read by Isaac Wachsman

XXI - The Rehabilitation of Beaumarchais

6:47

Read by Isaac Wachsman

XXII - Beaumarchais in Conflict with the Players

14:15

Read by Isaac Wachsman

XXIII - Beaumarchais Closes His Account

12:19

Read by Isaac Wachsman

XXIV - In Which Beaumarchais Discovers America

26:48

Read by mkirkpat

XXV - Beaumarchais and Voltaire

14:12

Read by William Bruce McFadden

XXVI - About "The Marriage of Figaro"

21:00

Read by Sarah Rothwell

XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 1

23:00

Read by James R. Hedrick

XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 2

44:28

Read by James R. Hedrick

XXVIII - Beaumarchais and Mirabeau

8:28

Read by czandra

XXIX - The Tribulations of a Knight-Errant

22:17

Read by Sarah Rothwell

XXX - Tarare, and the Last Incarnation of Figaro

14:59

Read by William Bruce McFadden

XXXI - Beaumarchais and the Deluge

31:19

Read by mkirkpat

XXXII - The Exile's Return, Last Years and Death

11:15

Read by Tatiana Chichilla