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Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 2 (of 2)

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Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian. Volume 2 (of 2)

by William Rounseville Alger, Jr. Horatio Alger

EN·~17 hours·12 chapters

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12 total

LIFE OF EDWIN FORREST, THE AMERICAN TRAGEDIAN.

0:21

CHAPTER XIV. NEWSPAPER ESTIMATES.—ELEMENTS OF THE DRAMATIC ART, AND ITS TRUE STANDARD OF CRITICISM.

2:00:41

CHAPTER XV. PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC LIFE.—FONTHILL CASTLE.—JEALOUSY.—DIVORCE.—LAWSUITS.—TRAGEDIES OF LOVE IN HUMAN LIFE AND IN THE DRAMATIC ART.

1:38:06

CHAPTER XVI. PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER.—RELATIONS WITH OTHER PLAYERS.—THE FUTURE OF THE DRAMA.

1:00:56

CHAPTER XVII. OUTER AND INNER LIFE OF THE MAN.

1:20:24

CHAPTER XVIII. PRIZES AND PENALTIES OF FAME.

53:47

CHAPTER XIX. FRIENDSHIPS.—THEIR ESSENTIAL NATURE AND DIFFERENT LEVELS.—THEIR LOSS AND GAIN, GRIEF AND JOY.

1:18:00

CHAPTER XX. PLACE AND RANK OF FORREST AS A PLAYER.—THE CLASSIC, ROMANTIC, NATURAL, AND ARTISTIC SCHOOLS OF ACTING.

3:19:12

CHAPTER XXII. FORREST IN SEVEN OF HIS CHIEF ROLES.—CHARACTERS OF IMAGINATIVE PORTRAITURE.—RICHELIEU.—MACBETH.—RICHARD.—HAMLET.—CORIOLANUS.—OTHELLO.—LEAR.

2:50:08

CHAPTER XXIII. CLOSING YEARS AND THE EARTHLY FINALE.

2:08:12

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Jointly authored by Horatio Alger, Jr.

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~17 hours (988K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

Feb 22, 2020

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Public domain in the USA.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61470

Subjects

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 PN

About the authors

William Rounseville Alger

1822–1905

A self-made Unitarian minister, abolitionist, and prolific man of letters, he wrote with unusual range on religion, poetry, friendship, and the afterlife. His best-known work, A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life, helped make him a notable 19th-century voice in American religious and literary culture.

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Jr. Horatio Alger

1832–1899

Best known for lively “rags-to-riches” stories, this hugely popular 19th-century writer helped shape a lasting American myth about hard work, luck, and social mobility. His books about boys rising from poverty made him one of the most widely read authors of his era.

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