The Marriage of Figaro, Or the Follies Of A Day: A Comedy (With Active Table of Contents)
Book Details
ISBN / ASINB005MKK0CG
ISBN-13978B005MKK0C7
Sales Rank889,850
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Marriage of Figaro picks up three years following the end of The Barber of Seville as Figaro is engaged to be married to Suzanne; both characters are among the Count’s staff in his dwelling. In the three years since Figaro helped forge the marriage of the Count and Rosine, he has already grown bored with his marriage and is taking notice of Suzanne. The Count looks to re-engage the act of primae noctis, in which he would consummate the marriage with the bride-to-be prior to Figaro’s honeymoon.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright, Financier and diplomat.
After beginning as a watchmaker Beaumarchais rose in French society and came to have influence with the family of the French monarch Louis XV. He made a number of important business contacts and began amassing a large fortune before a series of costly court battles damaged his reputation. During this time he also he worked occasionally as a spy.
An early French supporter of American independence, Beaumarchais lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. Beaumarchais oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to the rebels in the years before France's formal entry into the war in 1778. He later struggled to recover money he had personally invested in the scheme.
Beaumarchais was later a participant in the early stages of the French Revolution. He is best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright, Financier and diplomat.
After beginning as a watchmaker Beaumarchais rose in French society and came to have influence with the family of the French monarch Louis XV. He made a number of important business contacts and began amassing a large fortune before a series of costly court battles damaged his reputation. During this time he also he worked occasionally as a spy.
An early French supporter of American independence, Beaumarchais lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. Beaumarchais oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to the rebels in the years before France's formal entry into the war in 1778. He later struggled to recover money he had personally invested in the scheme.
Beaumarchais was later a participant in the early stages of the French Revolution. He is best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays.
