A MIRACLE OF SAINT ANTONY and Five Other Plays Including: Pelleas and Melisande, The Death of Tintagiles, Alladine and Palomides, Interior, and The Intruder (ML# 11.1, TRUE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY, May 1917)

MAETERLINCK, MAURICE, Written By (Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911), Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French.

Published by New York: Boni & Liveright /Modern Library Edition. 1917 True First Modern Library Edition.

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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: Brown Leatherette with CI Catalog with 12 titles listed at front; Gold BL logo on front plus gold author name and title on spine; brown endpapers; brown top-stain; wear on both top and bottom spine edges and along bottom. STORY: Maeterlinck s small gem is decidedly different in being a comedy. As nephews Gustavus and Achilles hold a funeral dinner for their dead Aunt Hortensia, a ragged stranger convinces the maid Virginia that he is Saint Antony of Padua (1195-1213) sent by God to resurrect the dead woman. For the nephews who had counted on their wealthy aunt s inheritance, this is not such welcome news. On a smaller scale rich with irony and humour, Maeterlinck portrays the old question whether humanity would not recrucify Christ should he return.

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• Title: A MIRACLE OF SAINT ANTONY and Five Other Plays Including: Pelleas and Melisande, The Death of Tintagiles, Alladine and Palomides, Interior, and The Intruder (ML# 11.1, TRUE FIRST MODERN LIBRARY, May 1917)
• Publisher: New York: Boni & Liveright /Modern Library Edition. 1917 True First Modern Library Edition.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Boni & Liveright
  • Modern Library Edition