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...ions begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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...ovinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Ba... ... Mademoiselle Mars. By calling to mind the most charming Celimene that the Theatre-Francais ever had, an excellent idea of Severine Grevin’s appearanc... ... and again, how difficult it would be to have permanent relations with the Duchesse de Carigliano, who lived in Paris and seldom came to Gondreville, ... ...re’s the princess and Mon- sieur d’Arthez, the Duc de Maufrigneuse and the duchess and the young marquis. In fact the chateau is full. They ex- pect M... ...vray. Half of this that man ob- tained, the other half went to the Duc and Duchesse de Chaulieu, my father and mother, who were entitled to it by law ... ... Marie-des-Anges, who in former days educated her daughter Berthe, now the Duchesse Georges de Maufrigneuse. But now we come to the most opposing and ... ...nt the servant threw open the door and announced dinner. After dinner, the theatre was proposed; that is one of the amusements that Parisians miss the... ...t divert his mind a little.” V 243 Balzac CHILDREN ON HIS RETURN from the theatre Monsieur Octave de Camps declared that it would be long before they... ... of Woman A Start in Life Beatrix The Unconscious Humorists Carigliano, Duchesse de At the Sign of the Cat and Racket A Distinguished Provincial ...

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...nal govern- ment is in bonds. The reader may therefore understand that the Duchess was asking her husband what place among the political rulers of the... ...in such cases,—accepted a lower political station. This had displeased the Duchess, who was ambitious both on her own behalf and that of her lord,—and... ...ncountered further official degrada- tion, very much to the disgust of the Duchess. And it was not the way with her Grace to hide such sorrows in the ... ...was not ripe enough to allow him to make any answer. ‘Of course,’ said the Duchess, ‘you should keep the secret. The editors of the evening papers hav... ...asked. ‘Joint undersecretary with Lord Fawn, I should say,’ an- swered the Duchess. Then he told her that he believed an attempt would be made at a mi... ... must always be like this with me,’ he said, —and then he went back to the theatres and other ordinary conversation. ‘I suppose you’ve got to the bott... ...algar Square, and along the Strand, and up some dirty streets by the small theatres, and so on to Holborn and by Bloomsbury Square up to T ottenham Co...

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...nger as though he had ten other sons to take Calyste’s place. So, when the Duchesse de Berry landed in France to con- quer back the kingdom for her so... ...heart some noble and beautiful being,—not a stage-player, a masquerader, a theatre woman, an author whose business it is to feign sentiments, a creatu... ...g the gentle tenets of her sex. A woman commits a sin in even go- ing to a theatre; but to write the impieties that actors repeat, 50 Balzac to roam ... ...ts laces and mirror; together with bits of furniture of singular shape,—a “duchesse,” a chaise-longue, a stiff little sofa,—with window-curtains of si... ... the pages of Scott, of Byron,—Parisina, Effie, Minna! yes, and that royal duchess, whom I saw on the moors among the furze and the ferns, whose very ... ...e over a salon. She then bethought herself of seeking the celebrity of the Duchesse de Langeais and the Vicomtesse de Beauseant. But the world, after ... ...ending in five daugh- ters for lack of a male heir, she had written to the Duchesse de Grandlieu, describing Calyste and giving his history , and also... ...iness it was to engage a stall had taken it quite near to that part of the theatre which is called the avant-scene. As Calyste looked about him during... ...sense of loyalty, the first thought of Sabine’s hus- band was to leave the theatre. As he left the door of the or- chestra stalls, he saw the door of ...

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...nal flash of happy inspiration. “I expect I shall have a box at one of the theatres to-mor- row,” he remarked carelessly; “I will call for you and M. ... ...h of June ministers are often puzzled to know what to do with boxes at the theatre; ministerialist deputies and their constituents are busy in their v... ...s to pass that the best seats are filled at this season with heterogeneous theatre-goers, never seen at any other time of year, and the house is apt t... ...egant, and as much at home as an actor treading the familiar boards of his theatre, in two days had recovered all the ground lost in the past six mont... ...aid the Marquise d’Espard, “I never hear that name without thinking of the Duchesse de Langeais, poor thing. She vanished like a falling star.—That is... ...was but one step. The curtain fell. Chatelet was now paying a visit to the Duchesse de Carigliano in an adjourning box; Mme. de Bargeton acknowledged ... ...n Mme. de Mortsauf. The third was General de Montriveau, the author of the Duchesse de Langeais’ ruin. The fourth, M. de Canalis, one of the most famo... ... in Mme. d’Espard’s 25 Balzac train by way of concealing his love for the Duchesse de Chaulieu. In spite of his graces and the affectation that spoil... ...e arrival of a poet, and made fun of his costume. Canalis went back to the Duchesse de Chaulieu, and no more was seen of him. Lucien was glad when the...

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... that time they had never been to a play; the churches of Paris were their theatre. Their education in their mother’s house had been as rigorous as it... ...eir mother and sisters, but after that the count took them off to museums, theatres, restaurants, or, during the summer season, into the country. Exce... ...rs and comments upon them, who waltzes with a dozen young men, goes to the theatre, devours novels, cares nothing for religion, and makes her own ethi... ... certain hour. Instead of giving orders, I receive them. At a ball, at the theatre, a servant comes to me and says: ‘Madame’s carriage is ready,’ and ... ...he guided her taste in dress; he trained her to converse; he took her from theatre to theatre, and made her study literature and current history. This... ... of Mesdames d’Espard and de Listomere, Mademoiselle des T ouches, and the Duchesse de Grandlieu, had selected certain of the ce- lebrities in art, sc... ... connecting link between the actress and the countess,—a knot severed by a duchess in the days of Louis XV . by the poisoning of Adrienne Lecouvreur; ... ... cheapening toys for her last baby. When a man has Florine, who is in turn duchess, bourgeoise, Negress, marquise, colonel, Swiss peasant, virgin of t... ... Father Goriot A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Beatrix Grandlieu, Duchesse Ferdinand de Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Beatrix Grandlieu,...

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..., looking at the fashions, or reading 4 Men’s Wives Cumberland’s “British Theatre.” The Sunday Times was her paper, for she voted the Dispatch, that ... ...ry one of the roulades, flourishes, and ornaments as she heard them at the theatres by Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Waylett, or Madame V estris. The girl had a fi... ... and, if the truth must be known, had appeared many and many a time at the theatre in Catherine Street, in minor parts first, and then in Little Pickl... ...slightingly of him, for he had no literary tastes, and had never been at a theatre since he took his bride from one. He was valet to Lord Slapper at t... ...poor girl for doing so. Her locks were her pride; she acted at the private theatre “hair parts,” where she could appear on purpose to show them in a d... ...e and introduced you to the best of the land? Haven’t I dressed you like a duchess? Haven’t I been for you such a husband as very few women in the wor...

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...ng their produce to market continue the stir of carriages re- turning from theatres and balls. Near the middle of this sus- tained pause in the grand ... ...r the late Marquise d’Uxelles, a relation of Monsieur le Duc and Madame la Duchesse de Lenoncourt, who are now customers of ours. I pray every Sunday ... ... of this young girl was not the beauty of an English lady, nor of a French duchess, but the round and glowing beauty of a Flemish Rubens. Cesarine had... ...o his friends, at Roland’s, Rue du Hasard, and took them afterwards to the theatre. He played the part of those old bachelors on whom married women dr... ...of the heads tiled by his father,—he is in litera- ture; he does the minor theatres in the ‘Courrier des Spec- tacles.’ His father, an old dog chock-f... ...u Tillet assisted in dressing him for this occasion, like the manager of a theatre who is uneasy about the debut of his principal actor; he feared les... ...the upper-crust people. Cesarine, write down Monsieur le Duc and Madame la Duchesse de Lenoncourt—” “Good heavens, Cesar!” said Constance, “don’t send... ...ld damask and draped with curtains in brocatelle, con- tained portraits of duchesses and other royalist tributes; also a superb Popinot, sheriff of Sa... ...lt, “look for a situation. You have in- fluential friends,—the Duc and the Duchesse de Lenoncourt, Madame de Mortsauf, Monsieur de Vandenesse. Write t...

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...ployment she is unfitted for any other. She has been rejected at the minor theatres where they want danseuses; she has not succeeded in the three town... ...know who. That poor Lousteau went into partnership for the management of a theatre with an old vaudevillist who has great influence with the ministry,... ...“And therefore, cousin, I intend to present you to-night in the salon of a duchess,—a duchess of the rue Saint-Georges, where you will see the aristoc... ...public building was built for us,—to compensate for the stupidities of the Theatre-Francais and make us laugh; but the comedians on this stage are muc... ...that?” returned Jenny. “Come, we must part, my treasures; I must go to the theatre.” Gazonal gave his hand to the actress, and led her to the citadine...

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... have your mother,” said the outspoken daugh- ter of “proud Cis.” “My Lady Duchess mother is stern enough if we do not bridle our heads, and if we mak... ... of York on their way to Baynard’s Castle halted at Warwick House, and the Duchess Cecily, tall, fair, and stately , sailed into the hall, followed by... ...and surprise of her two sisters. “Margaret! What means this?” demanded the Duchess se- verely. “It is my Grisell Dacre, fair mother, my dear companion... ... her further be- stowal.” “We have even now come from Middleham,” said the Duchess. “My Lord Duke sent for me, but he looks to you, my lord, to compos... ....” The Duke was at Windsor with the poor insane King, and the Earl and the Duchess plunged into a discussion of the latest news of the northern counti... ...old - If fancy would pourtray some stately town, Which for such pomp fit theatre would be, Fair Bruges, I shall then remember thee. —Southey, Pilg...

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...devotion, set apart for some inevitable hour; and the last evening, at the theatre, between the overshadowing Marquise and the unsuspicious Owen, they... ...ersons with tastes and perceptions like his own, to whom an evening at the theatre was an unat- tainable indulgence. There floated through his mind an... ....” Some kind of reply would be certain to reach him on his return from the theatre, and he would then know definitely whether Mrs. Leath meant to writ... ... about him in the vague hope that it might fall on an acquaintance. At the theatre her vivacity sank into a breathless hush, and she sat intent in her... ... with which she received his comments called from him more ideas about the theatre than he had ever supposed himself to possess. With the second act s... ...ty-five per cent—which of course she passed on to d’Arcachon. The poor old Duchess is in a fearful state—so afraid her son’ll lose Mrs. Pond! When I t...

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...ereal pavilion, and only woke up with a smile when George arrived from the theatre. For the next day, George had more important “business” to 8 V ani... ...g was there to fill with delight that great gourmand of a Jos: there was a theatre where a miraculous Catalani was delighting all hearers: beautiful r... ...r so many years ago, declares that Made- moiselle de Jaisey, of the French theatre, pulled his grandpapa’s hair off in the green-room; but Tom is noto... ...he Brussels opera-house did not strike Mrs. O’Dowd as being so fine as the theatre in Fishamble Street, Dublin, nor was French music at all equal, in ... ..., as it were, up to the very brink of battle. A certain ball which a noble Duchess gave at Brussels on the 15th of June in the above-named year is his... ...nt’s people are packing up everything. His Grace has fled already, and the Duchess is only waiting to see the plate packed to join the King of France ... ...enchman. And I am not sure that she did not dream that night of becoming a duchess and Madame la Marechale, while Rawdon wrapped in his cloak, and mak... ...ley treated her to a profound courtly bow, such as he had used to H.H. the Duchess of Pumpernickel, when he was attache at that court. The artful dipl... ... a great lady to Miss Crawley, who had bought her lace and trinkets at the Duchess’s own price, and given her many a dinner during the pinching times ...

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...e young princess of Schyll- Weilingen,—by marriage countess of Fohrendorf, duchess of Graatli, in central Germany, by which title she passed,— an Aust... ...hat is to say, nonpatriotic odour, she might hope to have the estates. The duchess had ob- tained this mercy for her, and it was much; for Giacomo’s s... ...le girl shrieked. Giacomo set Amalia to a miauling tune. ‘So, you hate the Duchess of Graatli!’ said Vittoria. ‘Very well. I shall remember.’ The boy ... ...ed her; but he loathed the name ‘Amalia,’ and could not understand why the duchess would be a German. He concluded by miauling ‘Amalia’ in the triumph... ...e her home, and con- vince her, if you can, on the way, Carlo. I go to the Duchess of Graatli to-night. She has a reception. T ake this girl home. She... ...hink you can do something, because you read books and frequent the talking theatres—fourteen syllables to a word. Mother of heaven! will you never lea... ...ens the skies!’ and immediately appended: ‘It is destined to suffocate the theatres!’ Pausing as before a splendid vision: ‘Money—let it go like dust!... ...the general vomitorium, but Carlo and Luciano held her firmly by them. The theatre was a rageing darkness; and there was barely a light on the stage. ...

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... spindling golden legs, and they began to talk. Condy had taken her to the theatre the Monday night of that week, as had been his custom ever since he... ...tionality goes in San Francisco); during the season Rivers took her to the theatres Monday nights, and called regularly Wednesdays and Sundays. Then t... ...e concealed about your person.” 23 Frank Norris “Huh! no, it all goes for theatre tickets, and flowers, and boxes of candy for a certain girl I know.... ...e strong!” cried T ravis. “Just a little better than Marie Corelli and the Duchess!” “And to think of having all those stories to read! Y ou haven’t r... ...h young Sargeant to have supper together that night, and perhaps go to the theatre after- ward. And now at the sight of Sargeant in the “round window”... ...s Condy’s salary. The two had sup- per together, and Sargeant proposed the theatre. “No, no; I’ve got to work to-night,” asserted Condy. After dinner,...

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...ss as a statue, he ex- haled the musk-like odor of the old dresses which a duchess’ heirs exhume from her wardrobe during the inventory. If the old ma... ... the queen of ruins, when he happened one evening to enter the Argen- tina theatre, in front of which there was an enormous crowd. He inquired the rea... ...nced upon himself. “He was so completely intoxicated that he no longer saw theatre, audience, or actors, no longer heard the music. Nay, 21 Balzac mo... ...tasy too rarely evoked by human passions. He was soon obliged to leave the theatre. His trem- bling legs almost refused to bear him. He was prostrated... ...the episode had happened here; but in Italy, madame, every one goes to the theatre for his own enjoyment, with all his own passions, with a heartfelt ... ... borrow from his wardrobe all the charms it could loan him. As he left the theatre, a stranger grasped his arm. “‘Beware, Signor Frenchman,’ he said i... ..., “had boldly crossed her legs, and as she prattled swung the upper one, a duchess’ attitude very well suited to her capricious type of beauty, overfl...

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...rris I I I I I AT EIGHT O’CLOCK in the inner vestibule of the Audito- rium Theatre by the window of the box office, Laura Dearborn, her younger sister... ...ter Page, and their aunt—Aunt Wess’—were still waiting for the rest of the theatre-party to appear. A great, slow-moving press of men and women in eve... ...t succeeded one another in an interminable line before the entrance of the theatre, were swathed to the eyes in furs. The spume and froth froze on the... ...at was the concourse of teams, that two blocks 8 The Pit distant from the theatre they were obliged to fall into line, advancing only at intervals, a... ...sted. But from behind the heavy curtains that draped the en- trance to the theatre proper, came a muffled burst of music, followed by a long salvo of ... ...ings and business. Then at her cue, Laura, who was to play the role of the duchess, entered with the words: “I beg your pardon, but the door stood ope... ...cene. Gerardy tiptoed from group to group, whispering: “Eh? Very fine, our duchess. She would do well profes- sionally.” But Mrs. Wessels was not alto...

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...as often as she could; she went about with him; she made him squire her to theatres and take her out to dinners and sup with her at the Carlton, and i... ...ic flashes he was adored by German princesses or eloped with Russian grand-duchesses! But such fancies were hors d’oeuvre. The modern biography deals ... ...ually on first nights. Lady Marayne loved a big first night at St. James’s Theatre or His Majesty’s. After- wards, perhaps, Sir Godfrey would join the... ...ice. “There you are,” he said, “first-rate social position, nothing to do, theatres, operas, pretty women, colour, life. The best of good times. Barri... ... into her own little sitting-room, she had thrown aside gloves and fan and theatre wrap, curled herself comfortably into the abundantly cushioned corn... ...g at the stars.” “But I’m not going back to live in London in the old way, theatres, dinner-parties, chatter—” “Oh no! We aren’t going to do that sort...

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...Sunday excursions to Choisy, Soissy, Gentilly; she would have a box at the theatre when she liked, instead of waiting for the author’s tickets that on... ... much time on his hands if he sets himself to learn the repertory of every theatre, and to study the ins and outs of the labyrinth of Paris. To know i... ...combry among the best- dressed women of fashion in Paris—Lady Brandon, the Duchesse de Langeais, the Comtesse de Kergarouet, Mme. de Serizy, the Duche... ...t, Mme. Firmiani, the Marquise de Listomere and the Marquise d’Espard, the Duchesse de Maufrigneuse and the Grandlieus. Luckily, therefore, for him, t... ... him, the novice happened upon the Marquis de Montriveau, the lover of the Duchesse de Langeais, a gen- 33 Balzac eral as simple as a child; from him... ... woman dancing.” “So the wheel turns,” said Vautrin; “yesterday night at a duchess’ ball, this morning in a money-lender’s office, on the lowest rung ... ...ncident in the police courts, a street song, or a bit of burlesque at some theatre, and forgotten in a month. Anything and everything serves to keep u... ...t sort of blunder I made this morning. I mentioned an old man—” “Madame la Duchess de Langeais,” Jacques cut the stu- dent short; Eugene gave expressi... ... brougham, that whirled them through the streets of Paris to a fashionable theatre. It seemed to him that some fairy magic had suddenly transported hi...

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...equently not at home her- 24 The Lesser Bourgeoisie self. She went to the theatres, where boxes were sometimes given to her; and she would send word ... ...but final re- hearsals. Thanks to Madame Colleville’s intimacies, both the theatre and the ministry lent themselves kindly to the needs of this indust... ...ubject for ‘La Caricature’?” said a so- called lady of the bedchamber to a duchess, who could hardly help laughing at the aspect of Zelie, glittering ... ...me. Mere Cardinal, who to entertain a neighbor had taken her to the Bobino theatre, recognized in the leading lady her 157 Balzac own daughter, whom ... ...r daughter in a fine gown of gold brocade, her hair dressed like that of a duchess, and wearing open-worked stockings, satin shoes, and receiving the ... ...nd the leading lady had no doubt jumped across the footlights and left the theatre with the audience, instead of issuing by the stage-door, where Mada... ..., is the natural daughter of the celebrated Mademoiselle Beaumesnil of the Theatre Francais and Peyrade, the com- missary-general of police under the ...

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... bricks and soldiers by those who write about toys. The praises of the toy theatre have been a common theme for essayists, the planning of the scenes,... ...ink and glory of the performance and the final conflagration. I had such a theatre once, but I never loved it nor hoped for much from it; my bricks an... ...l are deterred by dark al- lusions, by sinister warnings, from books, from theatres, from worldly conversation, from all the kindly instruments that m... ... these things to life again. It was like the ghost of an antiquarian’s toy theatre, a ghost that crumbled and condensed into a gritty dust of construi... ...out to me the wife of the Secretary of State for War, and I recognised the Duchess of Clynes, who at that time cultivated intellectuality. I looked ro... ...n great people’s houses, dining amidst bril- liant companies, going to the theatre, meeting in the lobby. Margaret wore hundreds of beautiful dresses.... ... and of Socialists I have given, I recall one of those huge assemblies the Duchess of Clynes inaugurated at Stamford House. The place itself is one of...

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...istinction of being a fireman, and was engaged as such at one of the large theatres; where some young relation of Mealy s I think his little sis- ter ... ...ages of the process), I re- solved to go to the play. It was Covent Garden Theatre that I chose; and there, from the back 347 David Copperfield Vol... ... taste in the dress-making business I assure you I don t believe there s a Duchess in En- gland can touch her. Not little Em ly? said I, involuntar... ..., and Steerforth op- posite all sitting in a mist, and a long way off. The theatre? To be sure. The very thing. Come along! But they must excuse me if... ... it was a very kind note, containing no reference to my con- dition at the theatre. All it said was, My dear Trotwood. I am staying at the house of p... ...d disgraced myself, and what chain of accidental circumstances had had the theatre for its final link. It was a great relief to me to do this, and to ...