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Edmond Rostand


Born
in Marseille, France
April 01, 1868

Died
December 02, 1918

Genre
Theatre


People know light, entertaining works, particularly Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), of French playwright Edmond Rostand.

Neo-romanticism associates poet and dramatist Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand. His romantic plays provided an alternative to the popular naturalistic theatre during the late 19th century. People adapted "Les Romanesques" as the highly successful musical comedy "The Fantasticks."

The Académie Française elected this youngest writer.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 87,385 ratings · 3,379 reviews · 242 distinct works • Similar authors
Cyrano de Bergerac
4.06 avg rating — 86,337 ratings — published 1897 — 1798 editions
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L'Aiglon
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4.04 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1916 — 270 editions
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Chantecler
4.01 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1910 — 194 editions
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Cyrano de Bergerac: Lecture...
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The Romancers
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4.03 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1894 — 172 editions
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Cyrano de Bergerac: nouveau...
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The Far Princess: A Drama I...
3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1947 — 140 editions
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La Dernière Nuit De Don Juan
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“A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
tags: kiss, lips, secret
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“A great nose may be an index
Of a great soul”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
tags: classics, humor
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“My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac
tags: expression, fear
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Polls

October 2020 Old School Poll

 
  78 votes, 24.1%

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 1897, 240 pages
 
  53 votes, 16.4%

 
  48 votes, 14.9%

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan 1678, 324 pages
 
  48 votes, 14.9%

 
  42 votes, 13.0%

In Praise of Folly by Erasmus 1510, 71 pages
 
  33 votes, 10.2%

Phantastes by George MacDonald 1858, 216 pages
 
  21 votes, 6.5%

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