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Cyrano (Hardcover)

by Geraldine McCaughrean (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 167 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (5 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 019272603X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192726032
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 403,264 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A wonderful retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac by a best-loved and multi-award-winning writer in a small-format gifty hardback.

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Cyrano de Bergerac is a flamboyant character and a skilled swordsman, not in the least afraid of drawing attention to himself in public-for he can be highly amusing, even at his own expense, with jokes about his enormous nose. But he has a weakness: he has fallen in love with his beautiful cousin Roxane, and because of his own appearance is too ashamed to declare his love. Meanwhile Roxane is besotted with a handsome, but foolish young man, Christian, in the same company of guards as Cyrano. Cyrano is devastated by this, and horrified by her request that he should protect the young man and encourage him to write her love letters. Writing letters is something Christian can't do-but Cyrano generously offers to help, even if it means breaking his own heart. Soon Cyrano pours out his feelings in the most romantic letters ever. The question is will Roxane ever discover the truth? And if she does will it be too late for Cyrano?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Told with panache, this story is Shakespearian in its mix of love and honour, sword-fighting and theatre, comedy and tragedy., 12 Feb 2008
By ELH Browning "Esther-Lou" (Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon) - See all my reviews
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Cyrano de Bergerac was a seventeenth century French dramatist and duellist who is reputed to have had an overly large nose who was made famous by a French poet's play that bears his name. From the opening sentence this short novel's Parisian scene is set: richly flamboyant language jostles with dramatic swashbuckling action, telling a theatrical tale. Cyrano loves the beautiful Roxane, and he woos her with wondrous words but on behalf of a handsome dull suitor, Christian de Neuvillette. Roxanne falls for the soul of the man who thinks such lyrical thoughts and puts to paper such romance, unaware that Cyrano is actually that man. Cyrano, however, is too ashamed of his face to confess his feelings and his honour prevents him confessing the true authorship of the poetic letters. Then, when he is finally discovered his time has all but run out. Shakespearian in its mix of love and honour, sword-fighting and theatre, comedy and tragedy, this is ultimately a sad story written in beautiful and memorable prose. It is written at the level of Tamburlaine's Elephants and is a much easier read than Peter Pan in Scarlet or The Kite Rider.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding, 25 Mar 2006
By Outrageous Grace (Shropshire, UK) - See all my reviews
McCaughrean's lyrical prose captures you from the opening words of 'Cyrano'. After two pages I had to stop and re-read it just to convince myself that something so beautiful was really there in front of me.
This is an author who writes for young people with more seriousness than most. She never, ever talks down to her readers, never compromises her language or her ideas. She simply writes the most perfect, captivating, vivid stories imaginable.
One of the best authors of any genre I have read for some time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Almost like watching the film, 29 Mar 2006
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A very enjoyable, quick read - it only took me about an hour and a half. Very well and colourfully written, but reads so easily that sometimes I had to make myself slow down to savour it more. It brought back vivid memories of the Gerard Depardieu film. Highly recommended.
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