This is by no means a complete list and I would welcome any additions, corrections or further information.

Where possible I have listed both French and English versions of books.

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Books by Sarah Bernhardt Listed by year.
Title Publisher Date Order recent edition
Dans les Nuages, Impressions d'une Chaise Charpentier, Paris 1878  
L'Aveu. Drame en un acte en prose Ollendorff, Paris 1888  
Adrienne Lecouvreur. Drame en six actes. Fasquelle, Paris 1907  
Ma Double Vie Paris 1907  
My Double Life William Heinemann, London 1908
Un Coeur d'Homme. Pièce en quatre actes. + L'Aveu Fasquelle, Paris 1911  
Petite Idole Roman, Paris 1920  
The Idol of Paris Cecil Palmer, London 1921  
L'Art du Théâtre. La voix, le geste, la prononciation, etc... Éditions Nilsson, Paris 1923  
The art of the Theatre Geoffrey Bles, London 1924

 

Biographies Listed alphabetically by Author.
Author Title Publisher Date Order recent edition
Agate, May Madam Sarah London 1945  
Arthur, Sir George Sarah Bernhardt William Heinemann, London 1923  
Aston, Elaine A French Actress on the English Stage Berg Women's Series 1990
Balk, Claudia Theatregöttinnen, inszenierte Weiblichkeit :
Clara Ziegler, Sarah Bernhardt, Eleanora Duse
Gesellschaft für Theatergeschichte, Berlin 1994  
Banu, Georges Sarah Bernhardt, sculptures de l'ephemere Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites, Paris 1995
Baring, Maurice Sarah Bernhardt Peter Davies Ltd, London 1933
Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt, ma grand'mère Paris 1945  
Bernhardt, Sarah Bernhardt, My Grandmother Hurst & Blackett, London 1949  
Bernier, Georges Sarah Bernhardt and Her Times   1984  
Binet - Valmer Sarah Bernhardt Flammarion 1936  
Brandon, Ruth Being divine : a biography of Sarah Bernhardt Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, London 1991
Buson, Dani Sarah Bernhardt Paris    
Caballero, Néstor La última actuación de Sarah Bernhardt Fundarte, Caracas 1981  
Cain, H. & E. Guerinon L'Etoile Dans La Nuit
(The Star in the Night)
Fred Rullman, New York 1916  
Castelot, André Sarah Bernhardt Paris 1961  
Colombier, Marie Le Voyage de Sarah Bernhardt en Amérique Paris 1882  
Colombier, Marie Les Mémoires de Sarah Barnum Paris 1883  
Colombier, Marie Affaire Sarah Bernhardt - Marie Colombier -
Pièces à Conviction
Paris 1884  
De Polnay, Peter Sarah Bernhardt Heron Books, London 1970  
Dupont-Nivet, Jean Sarah Bernhardt, Trente Ans de Passion pour
Belle - Ile - en - Mer
  1973  
Emboden, William A. Sarah Bernhardt    
Forgency, Vladimir Sarah Bernhardt, scandaleuse Editions Jafo, Paris 1993
Fraser,Corille Come to Dazzle, Sarah Bernhardt's Australian Tour Currency Press, Sydney 1998
Gaillet, Eugène /
Liébold
La Vie de Marie Pigeonnier Paris 1884  
Gallus, A Sarah Bernhardt Her Artistic Life R. H. Russell, New York 1901  
Garrett-Groag, Lillian The Ladies of the Camellias Dramatists Play Service, New York 1996
Geller, G.G. Sarah Bernhardt, Divine Eccentric      
Gold, Arthur
and Fizdale, Robert
The Divine Sarah; A Life of Sarah Bernhardt   1991
Hahn, Reynaldo La Grande Sarah Paris 1930  
Hathorn, Ramon Our Lady of the Snows : Sarah Bernhardt in Canada Peter Lang, New York 1996
Huret, Jules Sarah Bernhardt Chapman & Hall, London 1899  
Izard, Forrest Sarah Bernhardt An Appreciation Strugis & Walton, New York 1915  
Jullian, Philippe Sarah Bernhardt   1977
Knepler, Henry Gilded Stage:
The Lives & Careers of 4 Great Actresses:
Rachel Felix, Adelaide Ristori,
Sarah Bernhardt & Eleonora Duse.
Constable, London 1968
Lanco, Yvonne Belle-Isle-Sue-Mer Paris    
Lothar, Minda
Rage of joy: the divine Sarah Bernhardt Frewin  
Marks, Patricia Sarah Bernhardt's First American Theatrical Tour, 1880-1881
McFarland & Company 2003
Menefee, David W Sarah Bernhardt in the Theatre of Films and Sound Recordings    
Pierrefeux, Guy de Madam Quand Même, Sarah Benhardt Mont - de - Marsan 1920  
Pronier, Ernest Sarah Bernhardt Geneva 1942  
Richardson, Joanna Sarah Bernhardt and her world Putnam's, New York 1977
Ricardson, Joanna Sarah Bernhardt London 1959  
Rostand, Edmond L'Aiglon Drame en six Actes, en Vers, Represente pou la premiere foisau Theatre Sarah-Bernhardt Brentano's, New York 1900  
Rostand, Maurice Sarah Bernhardt Paris 1950  
Row, William Arthur Sarah the Divine Comet Press, New York 1957  
Rueff, Suze I Knew Sarah Bernhardt London 1951  
Salmon, Eric (editor) Bernhardt and the Theatre of her Time Canada 1978
Scott, Clement Some notabe Hamlets of the present time:
Sarah Bernhardt, Henry Irving, Wilson Barrett, Beerbohm, Tree, and Forbes Robertson.
B. Blom, New York 1969
Skinner, Cornelia Otis Madame Sarah Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1966
Silverthorne, Elizabeth Sarah Bernhardt (Women in the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.).) Chelsea House Pub 2004
Stokes, John Bernhardt, Terry, Duse :
The Actress in Her Time
Cambridge University Press 1988
Taranow, Gerda Sarah Bernhardt: The Art Within the Legend. Princeton University Press 1972
Taranow, Gerda The Bernhardt Hamlet : culture and context P. Lang, New York 1996
Verneuil, Louis Fabulous Life of Sarah Bernhardt   1981
Wagenknecht, Edward Seven Daughters of the Theater : Jenny Lind,
Sarah Bernhardt, Ellen Terry, Julia Marlowe,
Isadora Duncan, Mary Garden, Marilyn Monroe
  1981
Weiller, Georgette Sarah Bernhardt et le Canada Éditions Athéna, Québec 1973  
Wilde, Oscar Oscar Wilde's letters to Sarah Bernhardt Haldeman-Julius Company 1900
1983
 
Williams, Henry. L. Sarah "Barnum" Bernhardt
(Her Loveys, Her Doveys, Her Capers and Her Funniments)
Internatinal Publishing Offices London 1884  
Woon, Basil The Real Sarah Bernhardt:
Whom Her Audiences Never Knew
Tudor Pub Co, New York 1924  

 

Fiction based on or featuring
Sarah Bernhardt
Listed alphabetically by Author
.
Author Title Publisher Date Notes Order recent edition
Braver, Adam Divine Sarah William Morrow & Company July 1, 2004  
Gross, Joel Sarah Morrow 1987  
Marell, She's Issuing a Call     Play based on the last years of Sarah's life.  
Lothar, Minda Rage of Joy. The Divine Sarah Bernhardt   1968  
Lovesey, Peter Bertie and the Crime of Passion Little, Brown & Co. 1995 A "who done it?" featuring Sarah and the Prince of Wales as the detectives.
Sagan, Françoise Dear Sarah Bernhardt Maccmillan 1989 Biography written as an exchange of letters between Sarah and the aurthor.
Jô Soares A Samba for Sherlock Pantheon Books 1997 translated by Clifford E. Landers

 

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