A hilarious retelling of Edmond Rostand’s classic romantic comedy Cyrano de Bergerac. Cyrano is a man of action, a soldier, a man of letters, and a hopeless romantic, and his one defect is his enormous nose. Poor Cyrano is hopelessly in love with his cousin Roxane, but cannot bring himself to confess to her his feelings.
It is only through his words and letters he is able to express his emotions towards her with hilariously confusing consequences. Geraldine McCaughrean, as she did in Peter Pan In Scarlet, has re-created a classic romantic character that will thrill a young modern audience.
Cyrano de Bergerac is a flamboyant character and a skilled swordsman, not in the least afraid of drawing attention to himself in public - for he can be highly amusing, even at his own expense, with jokes about his enormous nose. But he has a weakness: he has fallen in love with his beautiful cousin Roxane, and because of his own appearance is too ashamed to declare his love. Meanwhile Roxane is besotted with a handsome, but foolish young man, Christian, in the same company of guards as Cyrano.
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Cyrano de Bergerac is a flamboyant character and a skilled swordsman, not in the least afraid of drawing attention to himself in public - for he can be highly amusing, even at his own expense, with jokes about his enormous nose. But he has a weakness: he has fallen in love with his beautiful cousin Roxane, and because of his own appearance is too ashamed to declare his love.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Cyrano and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-12 years old
Cyrano features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations
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Cyrano was written by Geraldine McCaughrean and published by Oxford University Press
