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Cyrano de Bergerac
Contributor(s): Rostand, Edmond (Author)
ISBN: 0486411192     ISBN-13: 9780486411194
Publisher: Dover Publications
OUR PRICE:   $5.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2000
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Annotation: A quarrelsome, hot-tempered, and unattractive swordsman falls hopelessly in love with a beautiful woman and woos her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor. A witty and eloquent drama.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - French
Dewey: 842.8
LCCN: 99087751
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.16" W x 8.36" (0.24 lbs) 144 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 8654
Reading Level: 7.6   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 7.0
 
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Widely considered the most popular modern French play, Cyrano de Bergerac has dazzled audiences with its wit and eloquence since it premiered in 1897.
Cyrano, a quarrelsome, hot-tempered swordsman, as famous for his dueling skills and pugnacity as for his inordinately long nose, is hopelessly enamored of the beautiful Roxane. She, in turn, is in love with Christian, a handsome but inarticulate and slow-witted suitor. Asked for help by Christian in wooing Roxane, Cyrano pours out his heart in romantic dialogues -- delivered under cover of night and dense foliage -- and through ardent love letters written in the name of Christian.
Presented here in a rich blank verse translation by poet Louis Untermeyer, this beloved romantic comedy will be warmly received by theater buffs as well as students and teachers of drama and literature.