A Collection of Works by Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro [translator]; Bernard Miall [translator]; Alexander Teixeira de Mattos [translator]

Published by George Allen & Sons 1908-1912, London, 1908

About this Item

A smartly bound set of ten volumes of works by Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist Maurice Maeterlinck. Ten volumes. Pocket Edition or Edition De Luxe, with reprints. A collection of works from Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck, a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who wrote in French. Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911and is noted for his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and a poetic fancy. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. Translated from the original French by Alfred Sutro, an English dramatist, writer and translator; Bernard Miall, a British translator and publisher's reader; and Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, a Dutch-English journalist, literary critic and publisher, who gained his greatest fame as a translator. This set contains: Aglavaine and Selysette: A Drama in Five Acts, 1908. Sister Beatrice and Ardiane & Barbe Bleue: Two Plays, 1909. Monna Vanna: A Drama in Three Acts, 1910. The Treasure of the Humble, 1911. The Buried Temple, 1911. The Double Garden, 1911. Life and Flowers, 1911. Wisdom and Destiny, 1912. The Life of the Bee, 1912. Joyzelle, 1912. Bound by Bumpus, Oxford Street. Bound in half green calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine and board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Bound by Bumpus, Oxford Street. Very Good Indeed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Collection of Works by Maurice Maeterlinck
• Publisher: George Allen & Sons 1908-1912, London
• Publication Date: 1908
• Binding: Leather
• Illustrator: None
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book