by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · Librio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290341766
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«Le Barbier de Séville» is the stage comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, published by Librio in paperback (96 pages, in French).
Count Almaviva has fallen in love with Rosina, a young ward locked away by her old and jealous guardian. To help him win her, his former servant Figaro, a cunning barber of Seville, hatches a plan of disguises, false identities and misunderstandings that multiply the entanglements and comic effects.
First instalment of the Figaro trilogy, completed by Le Mariage de Figaro and La Mère coupable. No. 139 in Librio's Théâtre collection.
For students of French literature and for anyone wanting to read the complete text of a classic comedy.
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.
