Arnoldiana, ou Sophie Arnould et ses contemporaines; / recueil choisi d'Anecdotes piquantes, de Réparties et de bons Mots de Mlle Arnould précédé d'une notice sur sa vie précédé d'une Notice sur sa Vie et sur l'Académie impériale de Musique.
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A curated collection of lively anecdotes, pointed repartees, and witty sayings associated with Sophie Arnould and her circle, prefaced by a brief biographical notice and an essay on the opera and its social setting. The editor reflects on the ana genre and selection choices, omitting coarse vulgarities while preserving suggestive double entendres that reveal the subject's characteristic tone. Interspersed remarks sketch the theatrical and salon milieu, tracing how wit, performance, and private life intersected in salons and onstage, and offering a portrait of manners and tastes through compact, often humorous, episodic vignettes.
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