{"product_id":"2940013106338","title":"EL DORADO","description":"PART I\u003cbr\u003e     I    IN THE THEATRE NATIONAL\u003cbr\u003e     II    WIDELY DIVERGENT AIMS\u003cbr\u003e     III    THE DEMON CHANCE\u003cbr\u003e     IV    MADEMOISELLE LANGE\u003cbr\u003e     V    THE TEMPLE PRISON\u003cbr\u003e     VI    THE COMMITTEE'S AGENT\u003cbr\u003e     VII    THE MOST PRECIOUS LIFE IN EUROPE\u003cbr\u003e     VIII    ARCADES AMBO\u003cbr\u003e     IX    WHAT LOVE CAN DO\u003cbr\u003e     X    SHADOWS\u003cbr\u003e     XI    THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL\u003cbr\u003e     XII    WHAT LOVE IS\u003cbr\u003e     XIII    THEN EVERYTHING WAS DARK\u003cbr\u003e     XIV    THE CHIEF\u003cbr\u003e     XV    THE GATE OF LA VILLETTE\u003cbr\u003e     XVI    THE WEARY SEARCH\u003cbr\u003e     XVII    CHAUVELIN\u003cbr\u003e     XVIII    THE REMOVAL\u003cbr\u003e     XIX    IT IS ABOUT THE DAUPHIN\u003cbr\u003e     XX    THE CERTIFICATE OF SAFETY\u003cbr\u003e     XXI    BACK TO PARIS\u003cbr\u003e     XXII    OF THAT THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION\u003cbr\u003e     XXIII    THE OVERWHELMING ODDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     PART II\u003cbr\u003e     XXIV    THE NEWS\u003cbr\u003e     XXV    PARIS ONCE MORE\u003cbr\u003e     XXVI    THE BITTEREST FOE\u003cbr\u003e     XXVI   IN THE CONCIERGERIE\u003cbr\u003e     XXVIII    THE CAGED LION\u003cbr\u003e     XXIX    FOR THE SAKE OF THAT HELPLESS INNOCENT\u003cbr\u003e     XXX    AFTERWARDS\u003cbr\u003e     XXXI    AN INTERLUDE\u003cbr\u003e     XXXII    SISTERS\u003cbr\u003e     XXXIII    LITTLE MOTHER\u003cbr\u003e     XXXIV    THE LETTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     PART III\u003cbr\u003e     XXXV    THE LAST PHASE\u003cbr\u003e     XXXVI    SUBMISSION\u003cbr\u003e     XXXVII    CHAUVELIN'S ADVICE\u003cbr\u003e     XXXVIII    CAPITULATION\u003cbr\u003e     XXXIX    KILL HIM!\u003cbr\u003e     XL    GOD HELP US ALL\u003cbr\u003e     XLI    WHEN HOPE WAS DEAD\u003cbr\u003e     XLII    THE GUARD-HOUSE OF THE RUE STE. ANNE\u003cbr\u003e     XLIII    THE DREARY JOURNEY\u003cbr\u003e     XLIV    THE HALT AT CRECY\u003cbr\u003e     XLV   THE FOREST OF BOULOGNE\u003cbr\u003e     XLVI    OTHERS IN THE PARK\u003cbr\u003e     XLVII    THE CHAPEL OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE\u003cbr\u003e     XLVIII    THE WANING MOON\u003cbr\u003e     XLIX    THE LAND OF ELDORADO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. IN THE THEATRE NATIONAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd yet people found the opportunity to amuse themselves, to dance and\u003cbr\u003eto go to the theatre, to enjoy music and open-air cafes and promenades\u003cbr\u003ein the Palais Royal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew fashions in dress made their appearance, milliners produced fresh\u003cbr\u003e\"creations,\" and jewellers were not idle. A grim sense of humour, born\u003cbr\u003eof the very intensity of ever-present danger, had dubbed the cut of\u003cbr\u003ecertain tunics \"tete tranche,\" or a favourite ragout was called \"a la\u003cbr\u003eguillotine.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn three evenings only during the past memorable four and a half years\u003cbr\u003edid the theatres close their doors, and these evenings were the ones\u003cbr\u003eimmediately following that terrible 2nd of September the day of the\u003cbr\u003ebutchery outside the Abbaye prison, when Paris herself was aghast with\u003cbr\u003ehorror, and the cries of the massacred might have drowned the calls of\u003cbr\u003ethe audience whose hands upraised for plaudits would still be dripping\u003cbr\u003ewith blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn all other evenings of these same four and a half years the theatres\u003cbr\u003ein the Rue de Richelieu, in the Palais Royal, the Luxembourg, and\u003cbr\u003eothers, had raised their curtains and taken money at their doors.\u003cbr\u003eThe same audience that earlier in the day had whiled away the time\u003cbr\u003eby witnessing the ever-recurrent dramas of the Place de la Revolution\u003cbr\u003eassembled here in the evenings and filled stalls, boxes, and tiers,\u003cbr\u003elaughing over the satires of Voltaire or weeping over the sentimental\u003cbr\u003etragedies of persecuted Romeos and innocent Juliets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath knocked at so many doors these days! He was so constant a guest in\u003cbr\u003ethe houses of relatives and friends that those who had merely shaken him\u003cbr\u003eby the hand, those on whom he had smiled, and whom he, still smiling,\u003cbr\u003ehad passed indulgently by, looked on him with that subtle contempt born\u003cbr\u003eof familiarity, shrugged their shoulders at his passage, and envisaged\u003cbr\u003ehis probable visit on the morrow with lighthearted indifference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis--despite the horrors that had stained her walls had remained a\u003cbr\u003ecity of pleasure, and the knife of the guillotine did scarce descend\u003cbr\u003emore often than did the drop-scenes on the stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn this bitterly cold evening of the 27th Nivose, in the second year of\u003cbr\u003ethe Republic--or, as we of the old style still persist in calling it,\u003cbr\u003ethe 16th of January, 1794--the auditorium of the Theatre National was\u003cbr\u003efilled with a very brilliant company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe appearance of a favourite actress in the part of one of Moliere's\u003cbr\u003evolatile heroines had brought pleasure-loving Paris to witness this\u003cbr\u003erevival of \"Le Misanthrope,\" with new scenery, dresses, and the\u003cbr\u003eaforesaid charming actress to add piquancy to the master's mordant wit.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147458003184,"sku":"2940013106338","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013106338_p0.jpg?v=1763577030","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013106338","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}