Cyrano De Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac is the personification of passion of a higher plane. Whether its dueling, reciting poetry or just being irritated by comments on his nose. He does it with open and unrelentless passion. It takes a different twist when it came to Roxanne. His passion develops from leaps to bound yet unprecedentedly kept in silence. Cyrano understands his 'short'comings, he realises the...more

Cyrano de Bergerac is the personification of passion of a higher plane. Whether its dueling, reciting poetry or just being irritated by comments on his nose. He does it with open and unrelentless passion. It takes a different twist when it came to Roxanne. His passion develops from leaps to bound yet unprecedentedly kept in silence. Cyrano understands his 'short'comings, he realises the presence of Christian in Roxanne's life yet it battles within him whether to be the swashbuckling Cyrano or one bearing the unrequited love for the lady who set sail a thousand ships. In this sense, Cyrano has everything yet without Roxanne, nothing. This secret admiration kept and nurtured for decades would only be reveiled under such tragic circumstances. Everyone has a bit of Cyrano in him but only a few would have such passion for a lady in the same manner Cyrano has for Roxanne. Alas combustible equine.   hide

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I found Cyrano to be annoyingly arrogant and pigheaded. While I enjoy the premise of the story, I found it hard to relate to the characters. Maybe its just that I'm not a 19th century French person and I'm missing something culturally?

Having read several translations, I wish I could read the original. That doesn't seem to be in the cards. In any case, this is the best version I have read. It may not be the best translation, I have no way of knowing. It is the most beautifully rendered. Others may disagree. They are, quite simply, wrong.