While studying under the mathematician Gassendi, he began to write fantastical stories of trips to the moon, and that extraterrestrial theme was continued in his Other Worlds, a satire based on Lucian's A True Story.
Moliere based part of his The Cheats of Scapin on this man's The Pedant Imitated. While studying under the mathematician Gassendi, he began to write fantastical stories of trips to the moon, and that extraterrestrial theme was continued in his Other Worlds, a satire based on Lucian's A True Story. In Other Worlds, he is escorted on the Moon by the Demon of Socrates. His poetic works included a harsh poem on Mazarin, but he is better know nas a fictional character who helps his rival Christian win the beautiful Roxanne. FTP, name this French playwright, satirist, and poet who is the title character of an Edmond Rostand play.
Moliere based part of his The Cheats of Scapin on this man's The Pedant Imitated.
Cyrano de Bergerac