Cyrano De Bergerac (Bantam Classics (Pb)) (Vintage Classics) (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Edmond Rostand and Alexander Guy Holborn Spiers

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.

• ISBN10: 0451528921
• ISBN13: 9780451528926
• Publish Date: 1 January 2001 (first published 8 January 1898)
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Out of Print: 11 October 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Signet Classics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[Danielle Renee Wallace]

This story was pretty much unlike any story I've read!
Cyrano de Bergerac is a satire, however, the last two acts take on a much more solemn feel.
I loved the story. However, I did not approve of everything (like the lying). The theme of appearance versus reality was good, though.
(Also, for your info, I did not have this very copy but had the story in my literature book.)