![]() The three-part novel opens with the memorable line: "He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." This line was to become Sabatini's epitaph, on his gravestone in Adelboden, Switzerland. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (a roguish buffoon character in the commedia dell'arte). A romantic adventure, Scaramouche tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. ![]()
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