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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Education
The classic tragicomic play about a hero whose insecurity about his oversized nose keeps him from the woman he loves. From the time it was written at the end of the nineteenth century by French playwright Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac has remained one of the most enduring works of our era--through ...Show more
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand and Kyle Baker (illustrator)
Category: Children's Graphic Novels | Series: Classics Illustrated Graphic Novels
This adaptation by celebrated graphic novelist Kyle Baker and writer Peter David presents the tragedy and romance of Rostand's 17th century romance story. Cyrano de Bergerac yearns to confess his love to his cousin Roxanne; he is a talented poet and musician who should have no trouble doing so. Yet his ...Show more
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Reference
`Tonight When I make my sweeping bow at heaven's gate, One thing I shall still possess, at any rate, Unscathed, something outlasting mortal flesh, And that is ... My panache.' The first English translation of Cyrano de Bergerac, in 1898, introduced the word panache into the English language. This single ...Show more
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Reference | Series: NHB Classic Plays Ser.
This translation of Rostand's 19th-century play about the swordsman-poet with a nose too large to be taken seriously was first seen in the 1985 RSC production. This volume contains the full original text, slightly adapted and translated into verse by Burgess, who also writes the introduction.
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Category: Fiction
Poet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem - he has a nose of stupendous size and believes she will never see past it to return his feelings. So when he discovers that the handsome b ...Show more
Cyrano de BergeracHeroic Comedy in Five Acts by Edmond Rostand
Category: Classic Fiction
Translates the classic French story of the master swordsman, noble in stature, whose unpleasant appearance prevents him from courting the beautiful woman with whom he has fallen in love. Reissue.
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