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Cyrano de Bergerac
Anthony Burgess
1971
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In this work, Anthony Burgess, a prodigy of the modern novel and a virtuoso of the English language, has brought his special gifts to bear on one of the great texts of the classic theatre – one with a hero whose name has become synonymous with raffish, big-nosed, big-souled nobility. The result is this supple and effervescently witty translation of Cyrano de Bergerac. As befits the translator who contributed subtitles to the acclaimed Jean-Paul Rappenau film (starring Gérard Depardieu), Burgess has produced a Cy…
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