Author

Publication

1982 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, England

Language

English

Word Count

54,000 words, Guess

Page Count

216 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100521244218
  • ISBN-139780521244213
  • LibraryThing1511723
  • Library of Congress Control Number81021601
  • OCLC Control Number8034756
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780521244213
  • Open LibraryOL3781513M

Classifications

  • DDC792/.028/0924
  • DDCB
  • LCCPN2598.B577 R3 1982

Description

A biography of the Irish born Harriet Smithson, who as an actress in Paris attracted the obsessive attention of the French composer Hector Berlioz who married her.

First Sentence

Harriet Smithson is known today because in 1827 she chanced to play Ophelia and Juliet in a season of English theatre in Paris; Hector Berlioz was present, fell in love with the Shakespearean image, and pursued it in his life and in his music.

Subjects

Topics

People

Harriet Smithson Berlioz (1800-1854)

Times

1800-1854

Links

Other Editions

  • Fair Ophelia: A life of Harriet Smithson BerliozHardcoverCambridge University Press1982-01-01

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