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Pierre de Beaumarchais

Born

in Paris, France

January 24, 1732

Died

May 18, 1799

Genre

Humor and Comedy, Drama, Plays

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Le Barbier de Séville (1775) and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784), the comic plays, best-known works of French writer Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, inspired Gioacchino Antonio Rossini and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to operas.

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, a musician, diplomat, horticulturalist, satirist, and American revolutionary, made watches, invented, inventor, fled, spied, published, dealt arms, and financed.

Born a son to a provincial watchmaker , Beaumarchais rose in society as an influential inventor and music teacher in the court of Louis XV. He made a number of important business and social contacts in various roles as a diplomat and spy,and earned a considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles jeo ...more

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Average rating: 3.59 · 10,647 ratings · 597 reviews · 541 distinct works • Similar authors

	Le Mariage de Figaro 3.50 avg rating — 5,348 ratings — published 1778 — 474 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Barbier de Séville ou La Précaution Inutile 3.65 avg rating — 3,335 ratings — published 1775 — 392 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barber of Seville / The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre de Beaumarchais, John Wood (Translator, Introduction) 3.81 avg rating — 954 ratings — published 1778 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Barber of Seville / The Marriage of Figaro / The Guilty Mother by Pierre de Beaumarchais, David Coward (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 1775 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Autre Tartuffe ou La Mère Coupable 3.12 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1792 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Mariage de Figaro / La Mère Coupable by Pierre de Beaumarchais, Pierre Henri Larthomas 3.64 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1784 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Barbier de Séville / Jean Bête à la Foire 3.43 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1775 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Mariage de Figaro - Tome I 2.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Mariage de Figaro - Tome II 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eugénie: Drame by Pierre de Beaumarchais, Pierre Larthomas 2.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1996 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Pierre de Beaumarchais

Figaro Trilogy (6 books)
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Pierre de Beaumarchais,

Pierre Henri Larthomas

3.59 avg rating — 10,414 ratings

Memoires de Beaumarchais (5 books)
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Pierre de Beaumarchais

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Quotes by Pierre de Beaumarchais (?)

“Nowadays what isn't worth saying is sung.

(Aujourd'hui ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'être dit, on le chante.)”
― Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Le Barbier de Séville

tags: singing, stupidity

190 likes

“I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.”
― Beaumarchais

tags: laughter

35 likes

“Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise.”
― Beaumarchais Pierre Augustin Caron De

tags: arts-education, expression

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