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| Title | : | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Author | : | Edmond Rostand |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | August 5th 2003 by Signet Classics (first published 1897) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Plays. Fiction. Drama. Cultural. France. Romance |
Edmond Rostand
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 4.06 | 70450 Users | 1940 Reviews
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This is Edmond Rostand's immortal play in which chivalry and wit, bravery and love are forever captured in the timeless spirit of romance. Set in Louis XIII's reign, it is the moving and exciting drama of one of the finest swordsmen in France, gallant soldier, brilliant wit, tragic poet-lover with the face of a clown. Rostand's extraordinary lyric powers gave birth to a universal hero--Cyrano De Bergerac--and ensured his own reputation as author of one of the best-loved plays in the literature of the stage.This translation, by the American poet Brian Hooker, is nearly as famous as the original play itself, and is generally considered to be one of the finest English verse translations ever written.
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| Original Title: | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| ISBN: | 0451528921 (ISBN13: 9780451528926) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxane, Christian de Neuvillette, Count de Guiche, Ragueneau, Le Bret |
| Setting: | France Arras(France) Paris(France) |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 70450 Users | 1940 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books Cyrano de Bergerac
Ah, Cyrano. You never disappoint me. How many times have I read your story? How many times have I laughed, cheered, cried and sighed over you? Too many to count, and there will be many more in the future. You are my hero.But did you know you were a real person? Wait, that sounds silly. Of course you knew that, but how did it slip my own mind? Maybe other times when I read the introductory note to Edmond Rostand's wonderful play about you, this phrase never took hold in my little pea brain: TheI first came across the Cyrano de Bergerac play through the 1987 film, "Roxanne," starring Steve Martin as C.D. Bales, a firefighter based on Cyrano de Bergerac with his funny-looking nose and poetic personality, while Daryl Hannah played Roxanne. I always appreciated the humor, but yet the sweet charm that Roxanne had to offer. At some point I knew I needed to get around to reading the play and now I found that great opportunity to do so. I appreciate the play for is merit and feel that it is
"Cyrano de Bergerac" is basically about this swordsman named Cyrano, who is an amazing fighter and poet and is in love with his cousin Roxanne. The only bad thing is that Cyrano has a huge nose which keeps him from approaching Roxanne in earnest. Anyway, there's also this other guy that likes Roxanne named Christian, but although Christian has really good looks, he is a screw up with words and doesn't know how to communicate with females. Finally, there's another guy (whose already married) that
Updated review with notes on a few available English translations.This is the most beautiful and most heartbreaking love story ever. I have watched the movie with Gérard Depardieu in the title role a million times, I have seen stage performances of it. It never fails to make me laugh and turn me into a sobbing mess by the last line.Cyrano is the best swordsman of Paris; he is also the citys greatest poet. He is as grand in deeds as he is in words, refuses prestige and the limelight, preferring
I am dazzled - soaring in delight and yet tumbling to the ground in exquisite anguish. Five shining stars awarded to this shining masterpiece . . . and a billion stars to crown the head of the beautiful and magnificent Cyrano. I almost feel as if I met you face to face, and then lost you. And yet, I shall never forget you.
My favorite section: "What would you have me do? Seek for the patronage of some great man,And like a creeping vine on a tall treeCrawl upward, where I cannot stand alone?No thank you! Dedicate, as others do,Poems to pawnbrokers? Be a buffoonIn the vile hope of teasing out a smileOn some cold face? No thank you! Eat a toadFor breakfast every morning? Make my kneesCallous, and cultivate a supple spine,-Wear out my belly grovelling in the dust?No thank you! Scratch the back of any swineThat roots
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