Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais

Narrators: Lynette Caulkins, Pamela Nagami, Zunzil, Kerry Adams, William Bruce McFadden, Rita Boutros, Czandra, Tatiana Chichilla, Sarah Rothwell, Availle, Sonia, James R. Hedrick, Isaac Wachsman, Mkirkpat

Number of Chapters: 34

Length: 11 hours and 58 minutes

Language: English

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)

Preface (Lynette Caulkins)

Ch. I - In Which the Handsome Watchmaker Comes to Court (Pamela Nagami)

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

Ch. III - The Duel (Kerry Adams)

Ch. IV - Some Early Adventures of Beaumarchais (William Bruce McFadden)

Ch. V - An Adventure in Spain (Rita Boutros)

Ch. VI - In Old Madrid (Rita Boutros)

Ch. VII - The Story of the Beautiful Creole (Rita Boutros)

Ch. VIII - Beaumarchais in His Early Plays (Rita Boutros)

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

Ch. X - Beaumarchais at Law (czandra)

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

Ch. XII - Beaumarchais in Prison (Tatiana Chichilla)

Ch. XIII - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" (Sarah Rothwell)

Ch. XIV - How "Louis XV Overthrew the Old Parlement and Fifteen Louis the New" Continued (Sarah Rothwell)

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

Ch. XVI - On Secret Service (Availle)

Ch. XVII - Beaumarchais and the Brigands of the Leichtenholtz (Sarah Rothwell)

XVIII - A Mysterious Affair (Sonia)

XIX - "The Barber of Seville" (James R. Hedrick)

XX - Beaumarchais and the Chevalier d'Éon (Isaac Wachsman)

XXI - The Rehabilitation of Beaumarchais (Isaac Wachsman)

XXII - Beaumarchais in Conflict with the Players (Isaac Wachsman)

XXIII - Beaumarchais Closes His Account (Isaac Wachsman)

XXIV - In Which Beaumarchais Discovers America (mkirkpat)

XXV - Beaumarchais and Voltaire (William Bruce McFadden)

XXVI - About "The Marriage of Figaro" (Sarah Rothwell)

XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 1 (James R. Hedrick)

XXVII - "The Marriage of Figaro" - Part 2 (James R. Hedrick)

XXVIII - Beaumarchais and Mirabeau (czandra)

XXIX - The Tribulations of a Knight-Errant (Sarah Rothwell)

XXX - Tarare, and the Last Incarnation of Figaro (William Bruce McFadden)

XXXI - Beaumarchais and the Deluge (mkirkpat)

XXXII - The Exile's Return, Last Years and Death (Tatiana Chichilla)

The audiobook Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais falls under the genres of Biography & Autobiography. It is written by John Rivers.

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