Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand. I will just copy what I said on goodreads:
I love the story because it is Drama, with a capital D. At it's heart, it is love unrequited, it is words over beauty, it is war, love, peace, death, life, pride, character and virtue. It is about a man, Cyrano, and a love, Roxane, and the ways his loses itself trying to find hers.
Written in french, in a format close to an alexandrine, the play is poetic to its core, and each line masterfully crafted so that it almost jumps at you from the page, a desire to be not just read, but said aloud, sometimes with aplomb and smile, other times with a cry and a tear. For this will make you cry, laugh, despair and hope and so much more in the breadth of only five acts.
And although often copied, never equalled, like it's character, the tale endures, and centuries later is as relevant as it was then. For a tale of pride and love, there is no equals.
I hope you do decide to read it, for I am sure of it dear reader, you will fall in love and cry, and it is the only time I wish upon another a broken heart. For the end comes too quick, and hurts, and the only remedy my friend is to begin anew the tale of Hercule-Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac.
Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand. I will just copy what I said on goodreads:
I love the story because it is Drama, with a capital D. At it's heart, it is love unrequited, it is words over beauty, it is war, love, peace, death, life, pride, character and virtue. It is about a man, Cyrano, and a love, Roxane, and the ways his loses itself trying to find hers.
Written in french, in a format close to an alexandrine, the play is poetic to its core, and each line masterfully crafted so that it almost jumps at you from the page, a desire to be not just read, but said aloud, sometimes with aplomb and smile, other times with a cry and a tear. For this will make you cry, laugh, despair and hope and so much more in the breadth of only five acts.
And although often copied, never equalled, like it's character, the tale endures, and centuries later is as relevant as it was then. For a tale of pride and love, there is no equals.
I hope you do decide to read it, for I am sure of it dear reader, you will fall in love and cry, and it is the only time I wish upon another a broken heart. For the end comes too quick, and hurts, and the only remedy my friend is to begin anew the tale of Hercule-Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac.