How you explore Cyrano de Bergerac on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 18 characters, 5 places, 5 objects and 6 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 36 passages of Cyrano de Bergerac sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Edmond Rostand wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Edmond Rostand instead.
The Cyrano de Bergerac feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of Cyrano de Bergerac
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- The theater, the nose, and the midnight duel
- Roxane asks Cyrano to protect Christian - she is in love with him
- The letters, the balcony scene, and the siege of Arras
- Roxane comes to the siege - and Christian learns the truth
- De Guiche warns Cyrano of an ambush - Cyrano arrives at the convent dying
- Roxane names what she has loved - and Cyrano dies fighting
The author's pen in Cyrano de Bergerac
The passages themselves, Edmond Rostand's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Empty Theaterch. 1
- Roxane So Calledch. 1
- Cyrano's Voice From the Pitch. 1
- A Hundred Thingsch. 1
- At The Envois Endch. 1
- Count Them Allch. 1
- I Love the Fairestch. 1
- Christian Catches a Pickpocketch. 1
- But Save Ligniere I Mustch. 1
- A Friend of Minech. 1
- No Patron's Smilech. 2
- The Letter Withheldch. 2
- Roxane Loves Himch. 2
- Cyrano Swears Friendshipch. 2
- My Nose My Teethch. 2
- Your Letterch. 2
- Feigned Love Words Into Truech. 2
- The Hour of the Ovench. 2
- Vary Itch. 3
- Shadow and Radiancech. 3
The characters of Cyrano de Bergerac
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Cyrano de Bergeracmajor
- Roxanemajor
- Christian de Neuvillettemajor
- Count de Guichesupporting
- Le Bretsupporting
- Ragueneausupporting
- Carbon de Castel-Jalouxsupporting
- Lignièresupporting
- Valvertsupporting
- The Duennasupporting
- Montfleuryminor
- The Marquisesminor
- The Cadetsminor
- Sister Marthaminor
- Mother Margueriteminor
- Liseminor
The locations in Cyrano de Bergerac
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Hôtel de Bourgognetheater
- Ragueneau’s Bakerybakery
- Roxane’s House and Balconyhouse
- Camp at Arrasmilitary camp
- The Conventconvent
The core concepts in Cyrano de Bergerac
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- The Voice and the Face
- Style as Armor
- Public Performance and Private Truth
- Honor Without Compromise
- Letters as the Hidden Self
- Comedy Becomes Sacrifice
- War Tests the Language of Love
- Recognition Arrives Too Late
The objects of note in Cyrano de Bergerac
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Cyrano’s Sword
- The Letters
- Christian’s Final Letter
- De Guiche’s White Scarf
- Cyrano’s Plume
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