Beaumarchais – författare

[Beaumarchais'] fame rests on Le Barbier de Seville (1775) and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784), the only French plays which his stage-struck century bequeathed to the international repertoire. But his achievement has been adulterated, for ‘Beaumarchais’ has long been the brand name of a product variously reprocessed by Mozart, Rossini, and the score or so librettists and musicians who have perpetuated his plots, his characters, and his name. The most intriguing question of all has centered on his role as catalyst of the Revolution. Was his impertinent barber the Sweeney Todd of the Ancien Régime, the true begetter of the guillotine? . . . Beaumarchais' plays have often seemed to need the same kind of shoring up as his reputation, as though they couldn't stand on their own without a scaffolding of good tunes. Yet, as John Wells' lively and splendidly speakable translations of the Barber, the Marriage, and A Mother's Guilt demonstrate, they need assistance from no one. [Beaumarchais] thought of the three plays as a trilogy. Taken together, they reflect, as John Leigh’s commentaries make clear, the Ancien Régime’s unstoppable slide into revolution. --David Coward in The London Review of Books

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais est un écrivain français, dramaturge, musicien, homme d''affaires, surtout connu pour ses talents d''écrivain. Il fut également espion et marchand d''armes pour le compte du roi. Figure importante du siècle des Lumières, il est estimé comme un des annonciateurs de la Révolution française et de la liberté d''opinion ainsi résumée dans sa plus célèbre pièce Le Mariage de Figaro : " Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n''est point d''éloge flatteur ". Il est aussi à l''initiative de la première loi en faveur du Droit d''auteur. Ces 100 citations visent à donner accès à son œuvre monumentale par une sélection de ses pensées les plus marquantes, dans un format accessible à tous. Une citation est plus qu''un extrait d''un propos, ce peut être un trait d''esprit, un résumé d''une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

Molière, l''Avare, IV, 7 - Harpagon : "Au voleur ! au voleur !". Le Misanthrope, I, 1 - Alceste : "Non, je ne puiss souffrir cette lache méthode...". I, 1 - Alceste : "Non, elle est générale, et je hais tous les hommes...". Beaumarchais, le Barbier de Séville, IV, 8 - Basile : "La calomnie, Monsieur !". Racine, Les Plaideurs, I, 1 - Petit Jean : "La foi, sur l''avenir bien fou qui se fiera....". Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, I, 4 - Cyrano : "Ah ! Non ! C''est un peu court, jeune homme !". II, 8 - Cyrano : "Et que faudrait-il faire ?".

La littérature française du XVIIIe siècle évolue selon deux orientations majeures : le mouvement des Lumières et ses remises en cause des fondamentaux de la société, et l''émergence d''une sensibilité qui donnera par la suite naissance au mouvement romantique. Cette collection de citations présente la pensée de six figures incontournables du XVIIIe siècle sous forme concise, accessible et pratique. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais est une figure importante du siècle des Lumières, dont le combat pour la liberté d''opinion se résume ainsi dans sa plus célèbre pièce : " Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n''est point d''éloge flatteur ". Montesquieu est un penseur politique dont les écrits remettent en cause les systèmes sociaux établis, parfois avec une ironie mordante. L''un des fondateurs de l''Encyclopédie, Diderot s''est essayé à divers genres sur lesquels il a à chaque fois laissé une empreinte de maître, notamment en philosophie où il préfère encourager l''autonomie du lecteur plutôt que lui imposer un système rigide. Maître de l''ironie et du mot d''esprit, Voltaire s''est battu sans relâche pour la liberté d''expression et contre l''oppression de l''institution catholique. Rousseau s''est montré précurseur dans de nombreux domaines, que ce soit le genre autobiographique ou le mouvement romantique dont il est l''une des premières figures. Enfin, Nicolas de Chamfort fut un des écrivains les plus appréciés par les salons parisiens, et ses notes manuscrites furent par la suite rassemblées en Maximes et pensées, caractères et anecdotes, une oeuvre brillante et spirituelle. La pensée de chaque auteur est résumée en 100 citations marquantes et essentielles, faciles à mémoriser et à s''approprier ; ce format concis et accessible est idéal pour la préparation aux examens et aux concours (bac, capes, agrégation...), la culture générale et le développement personnel.

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais est un écrivain français, dramaturge, musicien, homme d''affaires, surtout connu pour ses talents d''écrivain. Il fut également espion et marchand d''armes pour le compte du roi. Figure importante du siècle des Lumières, il est estimé comme un des annonciateurs de la Révolution française et de la liberté d''opinion ainsi résumée dans sa plus célèbre pièce Le Mariage de Figaro : " Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n''est point d''éloge flatteur ". Il est aussi à l''initiative de la première loi en faveur du Droit d''auteur. Ces 100 citations visent à donner accès à son œuvre monumentale par une sélection de ses pensées les plus marquantes, dans un format accessible à tous. Une citation est plus qu''un extrait d''un propos, ce peut être un trait d''esprit, un résumé d''une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

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Packed with thoughts, reflections, witticisms, and lines from his extensive body of work, ‘100 Quotes by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’ is a superb read for fans of this accomplished writer.Ideal for dipping in and out of, readers of this collection will find themselves surprised as to how many of his sayings have found their way into modern parlance. A welcome addition to any coffee table.The son of a watchmaker, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799) lived many lives. In addition to being an inventor, musician, and arms dealer, he also worked as a spy for Louis XV and Louis XVI. However, he was perhaps best known as a playwright. Following his rejection for the post of consul to Spain, Beaumarchais began writing short farces, before dipping his pen into the worlds of opera and theatre plays.His most famous works include ´Eugenie´, ´The Barber of Seville´, and ´The Marriage of Figaro´. His life story was adapted for film in 1996, as ‘Beaumarchais the Scoundrel,’ starring Fabrice Luchini.

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Known as the ‘Age of Enlightenment,’ the 1700s was a time that provoked significant leaps in philosophical thought. Most importantly, the thinkers of the time espoused the virtues of happiness, the evidence provided by the senses, and the distance between organised religion and the state. ‘500 Quotations from the Great Philosophers of the 18th Century’ offers a fascinating insight into the philosophical revolution that was taking place at the time.A superb book for dipping in and out of, this makes a great gift for anyone with an interest in philosophy.Nicolas de Chamfort (1741 – 1794) was a political philosopher who attacked the French monarchy through antiroyalist writing. Also born in France, Denis Diderot (1713 – 1784) was a writer and central figure in the Age of Enlightenment. Scottish economist, Adam Smith (1723 – 1790) wrote treatises on morality and economics. German physicist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 – 1799) satirised superstition and wrote extensively about natural phenomena. Pierre Beaumarchais (1732 – 1799) was a French playwright, spy, diplomat, and watchmaker.

Ready yourself for this carefully crafted collection of quotes from some of the greatest minds the world has ever seen!Featuring world-famous playwrights, philosophers, activists, Presidents and physicists, from Churchill and Shakespeare to Gandhi and Einstein, this is an entertaining and inspiring compilation covering everything from Ancient Rome to modern-day Britain.‘3500 Final Quotes’ is ideal for those wanting a bit of extra philosophical guidance and inspiration throughout their day.Denis Diderot, Søren Kierkegaard, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Marcel Proust, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Plato, Lao Zi, Immanuel Kant, Mahatma Gandhi, Buddha, Albert Einstein, Anne Frank, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Leonardo da Vinci, Confucius, Baruch Spinoza, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Cicero, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Napoleon Bonaparte, Fyodor Dostoevski, Oscar Wilde, Voltaire, Ontesquieu, Nicolas de Chamfort, Beaumarchais.