Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend: Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for words. Audiences immediately took him to their hearts, and since the triumphant opening night in December 1897 - at the height of the Dreyfus Affair - the play has never lost its appeal. Christopher Fry's acclaimed translation into `chiming couplets' represents the homage of one verse dramatist to another. - ;`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 word summed up Rostand's rejection of the social realism which dominated late nineteenth-century theatre. He wrote his `heroic comedy', unfashionably, in verse, and set it in the reign of Louis XIII and the Three Musketeers. Based on the life of a little known writer, Rostand's hero has become a figure of theatrical legend: Cyrano, with the nose of a clown and the soul of a poet, is by turns comic and sad, as reckless in love as in war, and never at a loss for words. Audiences immediately took him to their hearts, and since the triumphant opening night in December 1897 - at the height of the Dreyfus Affair - the play has never lost its appeal. The text is accompanied by notes and a full introduction which sets the play in its literary and historical context. Christopher Fry's acclaimed translation into `chiming couplets' represents the homage of one verse dramatist to another. -

- Google

The 516th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 20th on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
  2. - The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (http://www.uhlibrary.net/pdf/college_board_recommended_books.pdf)
  3. - Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
  4. - The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)

Buy This Book

Name Binding Sales Rank Lowest New Lowest Used Published
Cyrano de Bergerac: the most popular plays in French theater Kindle Edition 260128 $3.99 2021
Cyrano de Bergerac: A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS Paperback 1063674 $6.99 2022
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 1153591 $15.06 $2.06
Cyrano De Bergerac Hardcover 4963867 $21.42
Cyrano de Bergerac (Oberon Modern Plays) Paperback 3841405 $11.28 $13.56 2014
Cyrano De Bergerac Hardcover 2978664 $99.95 $0.01
Cyrano De Bergerac Mass Market Paperback 4774187 $1.00 $0.01 1950
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Kindle Edition 927339 2018
Cyrano de Bergerac (CARRES CLASSIQUES COLLEGE) (French Edition) Hardcover 1891122 $9.40 $3.89 2018
Cyrano De Bergerac (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 3327418 $5.28 $0.01 1997
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 499187 $3.99 2021
Cyrano de Bergerac (Oxford World's Classics) Kindle Edition 670983 1998
Cyrano de Bergerac Pocket Book 940497 $6.68 $3.15 2003
Cyrano De Bergerac Hardcover 13461723 $0.01
Cyrano de Bergerac - annoté (French Edition) Paperback 3550685 $14.99 2020
Cyrano De Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy In Five Acts Hardcover 1600433 $24.95 2015
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 76612 $9.99 2021
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 306127 $6.88 $0.99 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 1030821 $8.88 $2.99 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 720842 2004
Cyrano de Bergerac MP3 CD 5050981 $14.99 2016
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 468562 $2.99 2021
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 8486058 $50.91 2019
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 2755775 $8.99 2013
Cyrano De Bergerac: Heroic Comedy in Five Acts Hardcover 2101811 $24.65 $22.00 1997
Cyrano De Bergerac Kindle Edition 324295 $3.99 2021
Cyrano de Bergerac In Plain and Simple English Paperback 757818 $7.73 $8.79 2012
Cyrano De Bergerac Kindle Edition 374530 $3.99 2021
Cyrano De Bergerac: A Play In Five Acts (1919) Hardcover 1071752 $29.20 $41.28 2010
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 102193 2013
Cyrano De Bergerac: Heroic Comedy in Five Acts Hardcover 1187043 $23.36 $7.50
Cyrano de Bergerac - Full Version (Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection Book 92) Kindle Edition 181174 $2.79 2011
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 629165 $1.99 2014
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 3726276 $9.53 $9.53 2013
Cyrano De Bergerac Hardcover 3582099 $0.87 $0.01 2000
Cyrano de Bergerac + CD Paperback 1392328 $10.30 $11.91 2017
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 591686 $1.99 2013
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Play in Five Acts Paperback 825376 $6.24 $6.78 2014
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Kindle Edition 2431919 2012
Cyrano De Bergerac (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 3776035 $9.01 $1.86
Cyrano de Bergerac: édition originale et annotée (French Edition) Paperback 396097 $8.44 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 6646365 $134.25 $43.90
Cyrano de Bergerac (Modern Library Books) Hardcover 5411465 $318.48 $0.01
Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts Kindle Edition 545094 $1.99 2022
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 46317 2013
Cyrano de Bergerac (Oberon Classics) Kindle Edition 2322046 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac (Annotated) Kindle Edition 336282 $0.99 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac (Signet Classic) Paperback 582764 $2.47 $0.01 2005
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 825046 $2.38 $0.03 2011
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 1667994 $4.15 $0.01 2000
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 4970671 $22.71
Cyrano De Bergerac: Comédie Héroïque (French Edition) Hardcover 1581084 $27.95 $35.39 2022
Cyrano de Bergerac (Webster's Chinese-Simplified Thesaurus Edition) (Chinese Edition) Paperback 1316717 $19.95 $15.95 2006
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 286334 $0.45 2022
Cyrano de Bergerac (Webster's French Thesaurus Edition) (French Edition) Paperback 10074192 $18.95 $18.94 2006
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 303883 $7.99 2014
Cyrano de Bergerac, (Oxford French series by American scholars) Hardcover 21536728 $5.00
Cyrano De Bergerac: A Play in Five Acts Paperback 3615136 $8.00 $14.73 2007
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 380537 $4.99 2021
Cyrano de Bergerac Audible Audio Edition 99171 $9.95 2010
Cyrano de Bergerac (Nick Hern Book) Kindle Edition 970265 2015
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 150756 $6.27 2016
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback 772944 $5.00 $0.01 2009
Cyrano de Bergerac (Signet Classic) Paperback 4082694 $14.95 2005
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 2276590 $1.67 $0.01 1990
Cyrano de Bergerac (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics) Mass Market Paperback 637404 $2.21 $0.01 2004
Cyrano de Bergerac Audible Audio Edition 33416 $4.95 2015
Cyrano de Bergerac (Penguin Classics) Kindle Edition 614048 2006
Cyrano de Bergerac (Greek Edition) Paperback 1211128 $15.00 2014
The Story of Cyrano De Bergerac (Save the Story) Hardcover 1234044 $15.48 2017
Cyrano de Bergerac (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED] (Classics on CD) Audio CD 1402562 $23.99 $16.00 2007
Cyrano de Bergerac: The Original 1897 Comedy Romance (Annotated) Paperback 1242706 $11.99 2022
Classics Illustrated #10: Cyrano de Bergerac (Classics Illustrated Graphic Novels) Hardcover 1506220 $20.75 $4.79 2010
Cyrano de Bergerac (Oxford World's Classics) by Edmond Rostand (2008-08-14) Paperback 7263209 $85.51 $3.99
Cyrano de Bergerac (Signet Classics) by Edmond Rostand (2012-03-06) Mass Market Paperback 7668306 $15.26 $10.02
Cyrano de Bergerac, Hardcover 5998525 $0.98
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 782208 $9.06 2016
Cyrano De Bergerac (A Bantam classic) Paperback 2279317 $0.01
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Kindle Edition 931418 $6.99 2019
Cyrano De Bergerac Hardcover 15831313 $13.70
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 1309252 $16.16 $8.95 2016
Cyrano De Bergerac (French Edition) Paperback 1380267 $4.99 2017
Cyrano de Bergerac (annotée) (French Edition) Kindle Edition 1203504 2015
Cyrano de Bergerac Lecture Facile A2/B1 (900-1500 Words) Mass Market Paperback 1907458 $6.45 $1.45 1993
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 3997975 $22.96 $16.55 2007
Cyrano De Bergerac Hardcover 930106 $24.95 $37.36 2015
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 4895080 $2.65 $0.03 1972
Cyrano de Bergerac (Signet classics) Mass Market Paperback 6868342 $2.65 $0.01 1972
Cyrano de Bergerac (Oberon Classics) Paperback 189180 $7.76 $0.94 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Kindle Edition 1724724 2015
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 1058147 $4.97 $12.16 1898
Cyrano De Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy From The French Of Edmond Rostand, Done Into English Verse Hardcover 1045295 $24.95 2015
Cyrano De Bergerac (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 3855470 $0.75 1998
Spark Notes Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 1259752 $6.28 $0.01 2002
Cyrano De Bergerac: Off Broadway Adaptation of 2018 Audible Audiobook 205636 $3.46 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Paperback 675034 $10.99 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 581354 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Kindle Edition 1409638 2010
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Kindle Edition 983525 $3.99 2017
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Play in Five Acts (1919) Hardcover 6095862 $28.07 $16.00 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 2201567 2017
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 6985020 $28.23 $22.08 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Paperback 2040204 $18.00 2018
Cyrano de Bergerac (French and English Edition) Hardcover 5281397 $80.99
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 522696 $3.99 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac - A New Version in English Verse Paperback 6486639 $30.53 $50.57 2007
Cyrano de Bergerac (Dover Thrift Editions) Paperback 35473 $0.01 $0.01 2000
Cyrano de Bergerac (Enriched Classics) Mass Market Paperback 582666 $0.99 $0.01 2004
Cyrano de Bergerac (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Paperback 779838 $2.11 $0.01 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac - Literary Touchstone Edition Paperback 1148606 $4.99 $0.01 2006
Cyrano de Bergerac: Comédie héroïque en cinq actes et en vers Audible Audiobook 178238 $20.42 2018
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts Hardcover 917857 $16.45 2021
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 566383 $35.21 $45.99 2019
Cyrano De Bergerac Hardcover 16755659 $16.00
Cyrano de Bergerac, texte intégral: Avec indentation des répliques pour mettre en valeur les rimes (French Edition) Paperback 1217096 $11.88 $21.04 2018
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 4218149 $3.65 $3.60 2015
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 7078819 $13.88 $6.00 2009
Cyrano de Bergerac illustrated Kindle Edition 546875 $3.99 2021
Cyrano de Bergerac (Large Print Edition) Hardcover 6200227 $20.38 $38.42 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac (Great plays) Hardcover 13493365 $14.00
Cyrano de Bergerac Audio CD 1147443 $20.00 $15.94
Cyrano De Bergerac (Classics Illustrated) Paperback 4008912 $3.45 $0.01
CYRANO DE BERGERAC (CLÁSICOS DE LITERATURA) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 1086007 $7.99 2018
Cyrano de Bergerac (Webster's Russian Thesaurus Edition) Paperback 13081189 $18.86 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 9503766 $14.39 $14.00 2001
Romantics. The Princess Of Far Away. The Woman Of Samaria. Cyrano Of Bergerac Paperback 746441 $17.95 $22.41 2019
Fiche de lecture Cyrano de Bergerac (Analyse littéraire de référence et résumé complet) (French Edition) Paperback 11773863 $7.90 $3.78 2017
Cyrano de Bergerac (Bibliolife Reproduction) Hardcover 5659891 $3.02 $32.80 2009
Cyrano De Bergerac Mass Market Paperback 71142 $5.05 $0.01 2003
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 412150 $3.99 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 1117456 $3.99 2020
Edmond Rostand - Cyrano de Bergerac (Spanish Edition) Paperback 2960122 $14.80 $15.32 2019
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 15717586 $49.99
The Story Of Cyrano De Bergerac: Founded Upon And Written From The Play Of That Name Which Was Written By Edmond Rostand Paperback 1385432 $15.95 $12.75 2018
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback 2961436 $3.56 $0.01 1998
Cyrano de Bergerac: Translated by Anthony Burgess (Nick Hern Book) Paperback 649534 $10.07 $0.04 2003
Cyrano de Bergerac (Théâtre) (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 5805938 $2.09 $4.44 2018
Cyrano de Bergerac (Petits Classiques Larousse Texte Integral) (French Edition) Paperback 925546 $5.00 $0.01 2007
Cyrano de bergerac Hardcover 9627647 $29.98
Cyrano De Bergerac Kindle Edition 327128 $3.99 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Paperback 1009628 $4.33 $4.32 2014
Cyrano De Bergerac; a New Version in English by Brian Hooker... Hardcover 17978014 $35.00 $2.60
Cyrano de Bergerac Kindle Edition 286339 $2.99 2022
Cyrano de bergerac + CD audio MP3 (Lff (Lire En Francais Facile)) (French Edition) Paperback 776256 $19.26 $3.49 2013
Cyrano de Bergerac: An Heroic Comedy in Five Acts Kindle Edition 5756 $0.00 2020
Cyrano De Bergerac: A Play Kindle Edition 841954 $2.99 2020
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 1166641 $7.99 2019
Cyrano de Bergerac Hardcover 7366438 $1.95
Bibliolycée - Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand Paperback 491906 $5.48 $5.13 2020
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 5889543 $9.99 2010
Cyrano de Bergerac (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 445774 $4.96 $0.01
Cyrano De Bergerac Paperback 2104717 $9.20
Cyrano de Bergerac Paperback 1228829 $4.61 2014
Cyrano de Bergerac Audible Audio Edition 47824 $3.95 2010
Cyrano de Bergerac (Signet Classics) Mass Market Paperback 26359 $1.05 $1.15 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac (Webster's Korean Thesaurus Edition) Paperback 9877231 $19.90 2006
Cyrano De Bergerac: Edmond Rostand (French Edition) Paperback 1386689 $14.77 2022
Cyrano de Bergerac (Dover Thrift Editions) Kindle Edition 515524 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac :annotated (French Edition) Kindle Edition 650792 $3.99 2022
Cyrano de Bergerac (Signet classics) Mass Market Paperback 5591918 $2.65 $0.01 1972
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Play in Five Acts (Forgotten Books) Paperback 6089344 $7.67 $3.25 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts (The World's Classics) Paperback 265977 $55.16 $3.00 1996
Cyrano De Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in Five Acts (English and French Edition) Hardcover 5327983 $160.37 $4.79 1976
Bibliocollège- Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand Paperback 1702132 $5.91 $4.50 2018
Cyrano De Bergerac (Large Print) Paperback 3719440 $15.99 $77.94 2013
Cyrano de Bergerac: A Play Paperback 561948 $6.99 2017
Cyrano de Bergerac (Translated by Gladys Thomas and Mary F. Guillemard with an Introduction by W. P. Trent) Kindle Edition 254375 2016
Cyrano de Bergerac (Lecture En Francais Facile: Niveau 2) (French Edition) Paperback 2608612 $9.06 2003
Cyrano de Bergerac (Webster's Thesaurus Edition) Paperback 10727104 $19.90 $94.24 2006
CYRANO DE BERGERAC Hardcover 7065606 $0.95
Cyrano de Bergerac (Penguin Classics) Paperback 175429 $7.59 $2.99 2006
Cyrano de Bergerac (Bantam Classics reissue) Mass Market Paperback 38401 $2.38 $0.99 1959
Cyrano de Bergerac: A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS Hardcover 848808 $15.99 2023