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PART III
THE PROMISED LAND
XVII. Towards Security 240
XVIII. The Dramatist Re-born: Esther and Athalie 255
XIX. The Eternal Theatre 278
XX. The Bourgeois Years: Family and Religion 291
XXI. The Last Phase 312
XXII. The Originality of Racine 324
Appendix La Voisin's Testimony 339
Bibliographical Note 341
Index 347

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Racine in his Thirties (Musée de Versailles) Frontispiece
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Playbill of the Marais, c. 1660 53
The Last Sacrament at Port-Royal 116
Pierre Corneille in his Prime 117
Portrait of a Young Man (Musée de Langres) 132
Boileau's Apotheosis: the Ascent to Parnassus 133
Madame de Maintenon at the Time of Esther 260
The Climax of Athalie: an Artist's Conception 260
Racine in his Fifties, sketched by Jean-Baptiste 261

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Publication Information: Book Title: Jean Racine: A Critical Biography. Contributors: Geoffrey Brereton - author. Publisher: Cassell. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1951. Page Number: vi.
    
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