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Cyrano
By McCaughrean, Geraldine
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15205-805-0
- Publisher
- Harcourt
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
Gr 9-Up McCaughrean retells the classic tale in accessible language that is both entertaining and tender. Cyrano de Bergerac has panache, a fact that is evidenced both by the ever-present white plume in his hat and by his swagger. He is a man of action, a soldier, a man of letters, and a hopeless romantic. The ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
The renowned verse play Cyrano de Bergerac (first performed in 1897) is retold in witty prose well suited to Cyrano's heady brew of comedy, tragedy, and heartbreaking romance. McCaughrean, like dramatist Edmond Rostand (and protagonist Cyrano), is a master of ebullient wordplay. She recasts such famous turns as Cyrano's litany of insults to his own outsized nose ("I see I must teach you the Art of the Insult... Seven! The Insult Biblica...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
