Cyrano De Bergerac: Heroic Comedy in Five Acts

by TRANS.LOWELLBAIREDMONDROSTAND (Author)

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  1991

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  SET IN THE TURBULENT REIGN OF LOUIS XIII, EDMOND ROSTAND'S SWEEPING ROMANTIC SAGA RECOUNTS THE STORY OF THE SWAGGERING, SWASHBUCKLING SOLDIER AND POET CYRANO DE BERGERAC. SHAMED BY HIS UNSIGHTLY APPEARANCE, TERRIFIED OF REJECTION, YET FULL OF HOPE, HE NURSES A SECRET PASSION FOR HIS BEAUTIFUL COUSIN ROXANE. WHEN SHE DECLARES HER LOVE FOR THE HANDSOME BUT DULL CHRISTIAN DE NEUVILLETTE, CYRANO IS DEVASTATED. UNABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE IN HIS HEART, HE SUFFERS THE ROLE OF GO BETWEEN, POURING OUT HIS SOUL TO HER IN THE ELOQUENT, SPARKLING LETTERS HE PENS IN THE GUISE OF CHRISTIAN. AS THE TRAGIC CONFLICT DEEPENS, CYRANO AND CHRISTIAN ARE SENT TO THE BURNING BATTLEFIELDS OF ARRAS. THERE, AMID THE STENCH OF WAR AND DEATH, CYRANO BRAVELY FACES HIS FATE WITH THE PANACHE OF A HERO AND THE STOIC GRACE OF A HEART THAT WILDLY YEARNS...04/02/91 PROD LAUNCH 06/02/91--10000X53PX$4.99(7500X57P). SUB-6000. 'B' FORMAT. 240PP. OFFSET. MAX BULK PBW.