Summary
Summary of Cyrano de Bergerac
Who it’s for
For readers who love swordplay, verbal duels, and love stories shaped by pride and missed chances, with a gifted poet’s wit concealing his hidden love.
What this book is
Cyrano de Bergerac is Edmond Rostand’s play about a brilliant swordsman and poet who hides his love for Roxane behind another man’s handsome face. Readers return to it for its dazzling wit, daring action, and painful question: what happens when someone believes his appearance makes him impossible to love?
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In seventeenth-century Paris, Cyrano de Bergerac can defeat an opponent with either a sword or a sentence. He is a soldier, a poet, and a fierce defender of his own independence. He also has an unusually large nose. He answers mockery with extravagant insults of his own, but beneath that confidence lies a private fear: no woman could love his face.
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Who’s who
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- A brilliant poet and swordsman, he loves his cousin Roxane but fears his appearance makes him unlovable.
- Roxane
- Cyrano’s intelligent cousin admires poetry and loves Christian, believing the eloquent words he offers are his own.
- Christian
- A handsome young soldier, he borrows Cyrano’s eloquence to court Roxane because he struggles to express his feelings.
- Count de Guiche
- A powerful nobleman with authority over the soldiers, he pursues Roxane and represents the patronage Cyrano resists.
- Ragueneau
- A pastry cook devoted to poetry, he is Cyrano’s friend and offers him practical support.
About this edition
Every format is free to start, and print and large print are at cost.
- LengthAbout 36,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 2 h 25 min
- Listening time4 h
- FormatseBook, large-print eBook, audiobook, 15-minute summary
- LanguagesEnglish and 14 other languages