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Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand

First Published

1920

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Drama
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French Authors
Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien, 1619-1655
French drama
English drama
French language
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1619-1655
Classic Literature
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Love
Rejection (Psychology)
Adventure stories
Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655
Fa guo xiao shuo
Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
Cyrano de bergerac, 1619-1655, drama
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teatro
Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien,
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Friendship, fiction
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Cyrano de Bergerac 1619-1655
Rostand, edmond, 1864-1918
French literature, history and criticism, 19th century

Description

Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman can ever love him because he has an enormous nose. Secretly in love with the lovely Roxane, Cyrano agrees to help his inarticulate rival, Christian, win her heart by allowing him to present Cyrano’s love poems, speeches, and letters as his own work. Eventually Christian recognizes that Roxane loves him for Cyrano’s qualities, not his own, and he asks Cyrano to confess his identity to Roxane; Christian then goes off to a battle that proves fatal. Cyrano remains silent about his own part in Roxane’s courtship. As he is dying years later, he visits Roxane and recites one of the love letters. Roxane realizes that it is Cyrano she loves, and he dies content. (Britannica)

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