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The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, the Marriage of Figaro, the Guilty Mother
The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, the Marriage of Figaro, the Guilty Mother

The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, the Marriage of Figaro, the Guilty Mother

Author: 
Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais; David Coward
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The Barber of Seville * The Marriage of Figaro * The Guilty Mother Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theatre star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to put with Don Quixote or D'Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But who was Figaro? Not the impertinent valet of the operas of Mozart or Rossini, but both the spirit of resistance to oppression and a bourgeois individualist like his creator. The three plays in which he plots and schemes chronicle the slide of the ancien regime into revolution but also chart the growth of Beaumarchais' humanitarianism. They are also exuberant theatrical entertainments, masterpieces of skill, invention, and social satire which helped shape the direction of French theatre for a hundred years. This lively new translation catches all the zest and energy of the most famous valet in French literature. *ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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The Barber of Seville
The Marriage of Figaro
The Guilty Mother

About the author: 

David Coward is the author of studies of Marivaux, Marguerite Duras, Marcel Pagnol and Restif de le Bretonne, and of A History of French Literature. For OWC he has edited eight novels by Alexandre Dumas and translated Dumas fils' La Dame aux camelias', two selections of Maupassant short stories, Sade's Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales and Diderot's Jacques the Fatalist. He reviews regularly for the TLS and the London Review of Books.

Product details

ISBN : 9780199539970

Author: 
Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais; David Coward
Pages
352 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
128 x 195 mm
Pub date
Jun 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, the Marriage of Figaro, the Guilty Mother

The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, the Marriage of Figaro, the Guilty Mother

The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, the Marriage of Figaro, the Guilty Mother