Antique 1913 Pelleas & Melisande and Other Plays by Maurice Maeterlinck

Antique 1913 Pelleas and Melisande and Other Plays by Maurice Maeterlinck translated by Richard Hovey. - Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911 "in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations". The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. - Includes Pelleas and Melisande, Alladine and Palomides, and Home. - The introduction is in French however the rest of the book is in English, translating the original text. - Attractive floral embossed cover - Published in 1913 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York. - 205 pages - Good condition. Light surface wear to cover edges. Pages are clean of marks. A crack in the spine noted (see photo) however binding is tight. Bookplate of original owner inside front cover.