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Edmond Rostand

Born

in Marseille, France

April 01, 1868

Died

December 02, 1918

Genre

Theatre

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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 · 92,842 ratings · 4,030 reviews · 218 distinct works • Similar authors

	Cyrano de Bergerac 4.06 avg rating — 91,761 ratings — published 1897	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, Patrick Besnier (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1916 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chantecler 3.99 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1910 — 115 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romancers by Edmond Rostand, Barrett H. Clark (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1894 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cirano di Bergerac / L'Altro Mondo O Stati E Imperi Della Luna by Edmond Rostand, Franco Cuomo (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Far Princess: A Drama In Four Acts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1947 — 158 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Dernière Nuit De Don Juan 3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cyrano De Bergerac: an Heroic Comedy in Five Acts A New Version in English Verse by Brian Hooker 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two Pierrots, Or, the Supper in White really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Classics Illustrated 79 of 169 : Cyrano de Bergerac really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Edmond Rostand (?)

“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

698 likes

“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

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March 2018 Old School

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1832, 503 pages

51 votes, 14.6%

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 1883, 262 pages

43 votes, 12.3%

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889, 480 pages

36 votes, 10.3%

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 1895, 170 pages

35 votes, 10.0%

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 1860, 579 pages

33 votes, 9.5%

Jude the Obscure by 1895, 310 pages

21 votes, 6.0%

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 1886, 445 pages

19 votes, 5.4%

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782, 448 pages

18 votes, 5.2%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal1830, 608 pages

18 votes, 5.2%

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1862, 455 pages

15 votes, 4.3%

Evelina by Fanny Burney 1778, 455 pages

15 votes, 4.3%

The Misanthrope by Molière 1666, 64 pages

14 votes, 4.0%

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand 1897, 240 pages

11 votes, 3.2%

The Princesse de Clèves by Madame de La Fayette 1678, 192 pages

8 votes, 2.3%

Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant1885, 416 pages

7 votes, 2.0%

Manon Lescaut by Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles 1731, 192 pages

5 votes, 1.4%

349 total votes

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