This is the first full-length biography of Edmond Rostand published in English. Written for those who love "Cyrano de Bergerac", it throws new light on the origins of his most famous play, and reveals how Rostand expressed his own character and ideals in his heroes, especially Cyrano. This book also introduces readers to his other plays, such as Chantecler, thought by some to be his masterpiece. Readers will discover a sensitive, modest poet, overwhelmed by the demands of his fame, but determined, in spite of suffering from periods of depression, to fulfil what he saw as his life's work, inspiring others with his own idealistic enthusiasm.
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SUE LLOYD was born in Keynsham, England, and studied at Bristol University. After teaching in East Africa, she returned to England, settling in Norfolk. Here she researched her Master's degree on Cyrano de Bergerac (University of East Anglia, 1977), which revived her longstanding interest in Edmond Rostand. In 1982, her new edition of Roget's Thesaurus for Longman, the first for twenty years, became a world best-seller. A Penguin edition followed, along with contributions to dictionaries and other wordbooks. After a further period in East Africa, she now lives in Southwest England.
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I loved this book. It was informative, easy to read, and written in a clever way, revealing his life as though it were set on a stage. Sue Lloyd sheds some well deserved light on a great poet that has gone too long without the recognition owed to him.
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Cyrano de Bergerac, The Man Who Was Cyrano, Don Juan, Les Romanesques, Act Four, Les Musardises, Edmond Rostand, Jules Renard, Sarah Bernhardt, Act Five, Act One, Act Two, Paul Faure, Act Three, Victor Hugo, Mary Marquet, Maurice Rostand, Catulle Mendès, Henry de Gorsse, United States, Mme Lee, Villa Julia, New York, Louis de Robert, Jean Coquelin Browse Sample Pages:
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Cyrano de Bergerac, The Man Who Was Cyrano, Don Juan, Les Romanesques, Act Four, Les Musardises, Edmond Rostand, Jules Renard, Sarah Bernhardt, Act Five, Act One, Act Two, Paul Faure, Act Three, Victor Hugo, Mary Marquet, Maurice Rostand, Catulle Mendès, Henry de Gorsse, United States, Mme Lee, Villa Julia, New York, Louis de Robert, Jean Coquelin Browse Sample Pages:
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