The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro

Name: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro
Author: Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

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A free translation of Beaumarchais' "La folle journée, ou, Le mariage de Figaro."

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Full title

The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro A comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais

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Project Gutenberg

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MFR, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

2021-03-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Comedies French drama -- Translations into English

About the author

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

1732–1799

Best known for the sparkling Figaro plays, this restless 18th-century French writer lived a life almost as dramatic as his comedies. He was also a watchmaker, courtier, businessman, and political go-between whose adventures fed the wit and energy of his work.

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