A MIRACLE OF SAINT ANTONY and Five Other Plays, Includes: 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, Inc./The Modern Library Edition. First Edition, May 1917, 12 Titles

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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. VERY RARE SURVIVING TRUE FIRST COPY. BOOK: In excellent condition has CI table of 12 Titles at front, which makes it a May 1917 first edition; Dark Brown Leatherette with dark brown marble endpapers (1917-19); brown topstain; light wear on top and bottom spine edges. NO DJ. 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A MIRACLE OF SAINT ANTONY and Five Other Plays, Includes: 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, Inc./The Modern Library Edition. First Edition, May 1917, 12 Titles
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Boni & Liveright
  • Modern Library Edition