the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Edmond Rostand : Cyrano de Bergerac

'We reached his room about eleven. To do what? Not a blessed thing but to sit before a fire and talk and read again.... On his shelf was ... Edmund Rostand's [italics] Cyrano de Bergerac [end italics] in the original French. I started to read the famous speech on his nose. My good friend went ahead with me line for line without the book. Then he in turn read the "Non merci" speech with immense gusto.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Cyril Lionel Robert James      Print: Book

Edmond Rostand : Cyrano de Bergerac

'Thanks for Cyrano. I haven't read it yet but will do so before the sun rises again.' [A week later Conrad wrote: 'Je ne suis bon qu'à lire Cyrano and such like coglionerie']

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

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