by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · Gerard Hamon · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782038716108
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«Le Barbier de Séville» is the comedy by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, published by Gerard Hamon in paperback (272 pages, in French).
To win Rosina, Count Almaviva turns to the barber Figaro, who devises a plan to outwit the young woman's guardian. This four-act comedy, published in 1775, opens the Figaro trilogy, which continues with The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother.
Edition from the Petits Classiques Larousse collection with the complete text. The full original title of the work is Le Barbier de Séville, ou La Précaution inutile.
Annotated and commented edition with pedagogical apparatus, aimed at students of French literature.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright and diplomat of the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, inventor, musician, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary.
