Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts -- Edmond Rostand

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. <p/>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.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Edmond Rostand<br><b>Publisher:</b> Bantam Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 11/01/1950<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.28lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 6.94h x 4.38w x 0.56d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780553213607<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 7.6<br><b>Point Value:</b> 7<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>8654 / Cyrano de Bergerac<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Edmond Rostand was born in Marseilles in 1868 and died in 1918. His thirty-year literary career is marked primarily by one astronomical success and a number of plays of lesser note. Early on, Edmond displayed an interest in marionette theater and poetry. While attending the College Stanislas in Paris, Rostand studied F