Cyrano de Bergerac is the
title of a
play written by
Edmund Rostand. It's also the
name of the
main character in said play.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER.
Cyrano is an awesome
character, a
warrior poet with a big white
feather o' freedom jammed in his hat. He is
in love with his
cousin (by marriage!), Roxane, but because Cyrano is
exceptionally ugly, he doesn't figure he has a chance. When
Roxane asks him to
watch over a young
cadet that SHE is in love with (because he's a
looker), Cyrano uses the opportunity to love Roxane in his own way. Since her
chosen is a bit of an
idiot, Cyrano writes all his
love-letters and
poems for him. And believe me, Sir de Bergerac is one
hell of a poet.
Of course, I'm not
giving away the rest of the
plot, just in case there's some
cretin wandering around
Everything who hasn't read it yet....
in closing, though, CYRANO IS THE SHIT.
oh yeah, the
movie "Roxanne" was
extremely loosely based on the play Cyrano De Bergerac, but only in
parody. There are
several videos of the
play performed, and most of them are
great. My favorites, for some reason, are the
french ones with
subtitles.