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Maurice Maeterlinck
1,069听books286听followersMaurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (also called Count Maeterlinck from 1932) was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was a Fleming, 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. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.
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. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.
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July 18, 2019
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October 15, 2015
賳賲乇賴 蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖: 爻賴 賵 賳蹖賲
賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 蹖 丕賵賱 蹖毓賳蹖 "丿乇賵賳" 噩丕賱亘賴 丕賲丕 賳賮爻 诏蹖乇 蹖丕 鬲丨爻蹖賳 亘乇丕賳诏蹖夭 賳蹖爻鬲. 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 噩丕賱亘蹖 乇賵 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴乇丿賴 - 賳馗丕乇賴 讴乇丿賳 丌禺乇蹖賳 賱丨馗丕鬲 丌乇丕賲卮 蹖讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賯亘賱 丕夭 乇爻丕賳丿賳 禺亘乇 睾乇賯 卮丿賳 丿禺鬲乇卮丕賳 丿乇 丿乇蹖丕趩賴 - 丕賲丕 鬲氐賵蹖乇诏乇蹖 賵 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕蹖 趩賳丿丕賳 噩匕丕亘蹖 賳丿丕乇賴
丕賲丕 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 蹖 丿賵賲 蹖毓賳蹖 "賳丕禺賵丕賳丿賴" 爻乇卮丕乇賴 丕夭 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕蹖 讴賵亘賳丿賴 - 亘賴 胤賵乇 禺丕氐 丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕蹖 倬丿乇亘夭乇诏. 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 卮亘蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖 卮賴 讴賴 蹖讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 夭丕卅賵蹖蹖 讴賴 賲乇诏 乇丕 丕夭 爻乇 诏匕乇丕賳丿賴 賲蹖 诏匕乇丕賳賳丿. 倬丿乇亘夭乇诏 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 讴賵乇 丕爻鬲 賵 丕蹖賳 讴賵乇蹖 丕賵 乇丕 丿乇 賴乇丕爻蹖 毓噩蹖亘 丕賮讴賳丿賴. 丕賵 丨爻 賲蹖 讴賳丿 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 丕賮鬲丕丿賴. 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖 乇爻丿 讴爻蹖 賵丕乇丿 禺丕賳賴 卮丿賴 丕賲丕 讴爻蹖 丿蹖丿賴 賳賲蹖 卮賵丿. 丌禺乇 爻乇 賵賯鬲蹖 禺亘乇 賲蹖 乇爻丿 讴賴 夭丕卅賵 - 蹖毓賳蹖 丿禺鬲乇 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 - 賲乇丿賴貙 賲毓賱賵賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 丌賳 讴爻蹖 讴賴 倬賳賴丕賳蹖 賵丕乇丿 禺丕賳賴 卮丿 讴爻蹖 賳亘賵丿 噩夭 "賲乇诏". 鬲氐賵蹖乇 讴乇丿賳 賴乇丕爻 賴丕 賵 鬲乇丿蹖丿賴丕 賵 丨爻 賴丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 倬蹖乇賲乇丿 讴賵乇 诏賵蹖蹖 賵囟毓 賵 丨丕賱 賴賲賴 蹖 賲丕爻鬲 丿乇 毓氐乇蹖 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 倬卮鬲賵丕賳賴 丕蹖 亘乇丕蹖 亘丕賵乇賴丕 賵 賯囟丕賵鬲 賴丕 賵 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿
丕诏乇 賮賯胤 賳賲丕蹖卮賳丕賲賴 蹖 丿賵賲 乇賵 賱丨丕馗 讴賳賲 亘賴卮 趩賴丕乇 爻鬲丕乇賴 乇賵 賲蹖 丿賲
July 8, 2017
丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 囟毓賷賮貙 賯賱賯購 丿丕卅賲賸丕 賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱貙 毓丕噩夭 兀賲丕賲 賲丕 賷購丨丿孬賴 丕賱賯丿乇 賵睾丕賱亘賸丕 賲丕 賷賱噩兀 賱賱賴乇賵亘 .
賴匕丕 賲丕 丨丕賵賱 賲賵乇賷爻 賲賷鬲乇賱賳賰 廿禺亘丕乇賳丕 亘賴 賮賶 賲爻乇丨賷丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞 賯賵賷丞 賲毓 賱睾丞 丿乇丕賲賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞 賮賶 丕賱賳氐 鬲購賭鬲賷丨 賱賱賯丕乇賶亍 丨乇賷丞 丕賱鬲兀賵賷賱 .
賴匕丕 賲丕 丨丕賵賱 賲賵乇賷爻 賲賷鬲乇賱賳賰 廿禺亘丕乇賳丕 亘賴 賮賶 賲爻乇丨賷丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞 賯賵賷丞 賲毓 賱睾丞 丿乇丕賲賷丞 亘丿賷毓丞 賮賶 丕賱賳氐 鬲購賭鬲賷丨 賱賱賯丕乇賶亍 丨乇賷丞 丕賱鬲兀賵賷賱 .
April 22, 2012
The old man and the stranger appear outside the house. The family can be seen within through the windows. The old man and the stranger argue over how to inform the family of the death of one of the daughters. As the crowd approaches with the body, the old man enters the house and can be seen through the windows informing them of their loss.
December 16, 2022
Fren茅tica, corta pero intensa. El tropo del ciego que ve mejor que los que no lo est谩n, las tr铆adas... Maravillosa.
December 5, 2011
Incroyable !,
Une de mes lectures les plus bizarres...
J鈥檃vais une date, et notre point de rencontre 茅tait au m茅tro. Il faisait 脿 peu pr猫s 2 ou 3 degr茅s Celsius, donc un froid de mort (pour un 1er d茅cembre), comme j'茅tais l脿 un peu d'avance, je commen莽ai donc la lecture de "L'Intruse", le hasard de la vie; plus je lisais, et plus je ressentais la pi猫ce, j'avais l'impression d'锚tre moi-m锚me une mise en sc猫ne.
Une heure plus tard, la fille n'est jamais venue... 脿 la fin, je capotais....
Si jamais vous donnez rendez-vous 脿 quelqu'un - ne lisez pas ce livre, c'est compl猫tement hallucinant.
Une de mes lectures les plus bizarres...
J鈥檃vais une date, et notre point de rencontre 茅tait au m茅tro. Il faisait 脿 peu pr猫s 2 ou 3 degr茅s Celsius, donc un froid de mort (pour un 1er d茅cembre), comme j'茅tais l脿 un peu d'avance, je commen莽ai donc la lecture de "L'Intruse", le hasard de la vie; plus je lisais, et plus je ressentais la pi猫ce, j'avais l'impression d'锚tre moi-m锚me une mise en sc猫ne.
Une heure plus tard, la fille n'est jamais venue... 脿 la fin, je capotais....
Si jamais vous donnez rendez-vous 脿 quelqu'un - ne lisez pas ce livre, c'est compl猫tement hallucinant.
December 17, 2015
A very short one act play which can be found online to read.
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January 9, 2018
in the name of allah the entirely merciful the especially merciful
Truly man was created very impatient
Fretful when evil touches him
And niggardly when good reaches him
Not so those devoted to Prayer
God Almighty has spoken the truth
锎控ベ愘嗁庂� 丕賱賿廿賽賳賿爻賻丕賳賻 禺購賱賽賯賻 賴賻賱購賵毓丕賸 * 廿賽匕賻丕 賲賻爻賻賾賴購 丕賱卮賻賾乇購賾 噩賻夭購賵毓丕賸 * 賵賻廿賽匕賻丕 賲賻爻賻賾賴購 丕賱賿禺賻賷賿乇購 賲賻賳購賵毓丕賸 * 廿賽賱賻賾丕 丕賱賿賲購氐賻賱賽賾賷賳賻*
Truly man was created very impatient
Fretful when evil touches him
And niggardly when good reaches him
Not so those devoted to Prayer
God Almighty has spoken the truth
锎控ベ愘嗁庂� 丕賱賿廿賽賳賿爻賻丕賳賻 禺購賱賽賯賻 賴賻賱購賵毓丕賸 * 廿賽匕賻丕 賲賻爻賻賾賴購 丕賱卮賻賾乇購賾 噩賻夭購賵毓丕賸 * 賵賻廿賽匕賻丕 賲賻爻賻賾賴購 丕賱賿禺賻賷賿乇購 賲賻賳購賵毓丕賸 * 廿賽賱賻賾丕 丕賱賿賲購氐賻賱賽賾賷賳賻*
January 27, 2018
A strange play that talks around what's going on and nothing is ever said outright.
October 14, 2020
Questionable and sudden 鈥� death.
September 7, 2022
Intriguing short play, read for Development
December 22, 2022
賲爻乇丨賷丞 賲賲鬲丕夭丞 賲賳 匕賵丕鬲 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱賵丕丨丿貙 噩賲毓鬲 亘賷賳 鬲賰孬賷賮 丕賱丨丿孬 賵賯賵丞 丕賱丨賵丕乇 賵丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 亘賷丕賳 丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱馗丕賴乇丞 賵丕賱亘丕胤賳丞 賱兀亘胤丕賱賴丕貙 賰賱賰 噩賲毓鬲 亘賷賳 廿孬丕乇丞 丕賱賲鬲丕亘毓丞 賵毓賲賯 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯丿賲賴丕.
April 23, 2023
4.5猸愶笍
June 12, 2023
Sin m谩s, no s茅, entretenido, corto...
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January 30, 2024Read at school
February 11, 2025
they keep changing the subject.
March 16, 2025
Didn't get it
March 27, 2025
rest in peace maeterlinck you would have loved schizophrenic frank heffley edits
May 16, 2016
The Intruder is the story of death, and the its personification entering a house as a grandfather goes insane seeing it walk through the house.
I was surprised to see the big twist at the end, because the play really leads you to believe that the grandfather is the one who's about the die. But while the play builds the tension about this invisible intruder, the imagery to me was very obvious and something that literally no one besides the grandfather were noticing. I mean, seriously, it's the Grim Reaper. You can hear a scythe being sharpened in the house. It's pretty damn obvious.
Along with that, I've read many short plays with some fantastic character development, and this play seems to be more servicing towards the general imagery of death, and while that isn't necessarily a bad thing, I would've liked to learned more about the father and the uncle, as some of the conversations they had purely with each other seemed to be hinted towards something deeper between them that could really be interesting to see fully dramatized.
The Intruder is an intriguing, thrilling play with some pretty obvious comparisons to death, but like Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, I still enjoyed the play despite what problems I had with it.
I was surprised to see the big twist at the end, because the play really leads you to believe that the grandfather is the one who's about the die. But while the play builds the tension about this invisible intruder, the imagery to me was very obvious and something that literally no one besides the grandfather were noticing. I mean, seriously, it's the Grim Reaper. You can hear a scythe being sharpened in the house. It's pretty damn obvious.
Along with that, I've read many short plays with some fantastic character development, and this play seems to be more servicing towards the general imagery of death, and while that isn't necessarily a bad thing, I would've liked to learned more about the father and the uncle, as some of the conversations they had purely with each other seemed to be hinted towards something deeper between them that could really be interesting to see fully dramatized.
The Intruder is an intriguing, thrilling play with some pretty obvious comparisons to death, but like Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, I still enjoyed the play despite what problems I had with it.
December 24, 2022
***Seulement 滨苍迟茅谤颈别耻谤 ***
Maeterlinck.
C'est la deuxi猫me pi猫ce que je lis de lui et je termine toujours ma lecture en me disant 芦Well, ok...禄.
滨苍迟茅谤颈别耻谤 , c'est l'histoire d'un vieillard et d'un 茅tranger qui ont retrouv茅 le cadavre d'une jeune fille dans le fleuve et qui doivent annoncer le d茅c猫s 脿 sa famille, qui s'adonne 脿 ses activit茅s vesp茅rales r茅guli猫res 脿 la maison. Et...ouais, c'est pas mal 莽a.
Le vieillard a de ces tirades 脿 n'en plus finir. On dirait parfois que les autres personnages ne sont l脿 que pour le relancer. Il a une r茅flexion int茅ressante sur le regard, celui de ceux qui regardent sans voir, et sur la vie, qui n'est comprise que par ceux qui l'ont suffisamment v茅cue, mais 脿 part 莽a...
Bof.
Maeterlinck.
C'est la deuxi猫me pi猫ce que je lis de lui et je termine toujours ma lecture en me disant 芦Well, ok...禄.
滨苍迟茅谤颈别耻谤 , c'est l'histoire d'un vieillard et d'un 茅tranger qui ont retrouv茅 le cadavre d'une jeune fille dans le fleuve et qui doivent annoncer le d茅c猫s 脿 sa famille, qui s'adonne 脿 ses activit茅s vesp茅rales r茅guli猫res 脿 la maison. Et...ouais, c'est pas mal 莽a.
Le vieillard a de ces tirades 脿 n'en plus finir. On dirait parfois que les autres personnages ne sont l脿 que pour le relancer. Il a une r茅flexion int茅ressante sur le regard, celui de ceux qui regardent sans voir, et sur la vie, qui n'est comprise que par ceux qui l'ont suffisamment v茅cue, mais 脿 part 莽a...
Bof.
July 24, 2016
Why didn't I know about Maeterlinck before now?
One quibble: the language is very stilted. I don't know if it is this translation or what the original text is like, but there it is.
THE INTRUDER: Imagine if you can a blend of The Bald Soprano, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and a ghost story and you have an idea of this play.
One quibble: the language is very stilted. I don't know if it is this translation or what the original text is like, but there it is.
THE INTRUDER: Imagine if you can a blend of The Bald Soprano, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and a ghost story and you have an idea of this play.
February 9, 2016
Je n'ai lu que 滨苍迟茅谤颈别耻谤 dans le cadre d'un cours de th茅芒tre 脿 l'universit茅. Cette oeuvre m'a plu 脿 cause des r茅flexions qu'elle propose sur la perte... Comme quoi la r茅alit茅 et la fiction sont des amies cruelles.
November 18, 2011
The symbolists really tick me off an awful lot of the time.
March 7, 2016
So dark. Haunting. Beautiful. Tempted to produce a couple of his one acts.
Nobel prize winning playwright. School of symbolism.
Nobel prize winning playwright. School of symbolism.
October 7, 2017
賲爻乇丨賷丞 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿丕 賱賰賳 賲賯亘囟丞貙 鬲賷賲鬲賴丕 賯丿賷賲丞.
December 7, 2017
賳鬲爻丕亘賯 丿丕卅賲丕賸 廿賱賶 賳卮乇 丕賱兀禺亘丕乇 丕賱爻毓賷丿丞貙 賵賳噩亘賳 毓賳 賳賯賱 丕賱爻賷卅丞 賲賳賴丕貙 禺賵賮丕 毓賱賶 賲賳 賳丨亘
September 23, 2019
*Read for class.
Okay. Short, but to the point. Blind people sometimes can see and feel more than others. Still, unfortunately, didn't like it very much. It was just okay.
Okay. Short, but to the point. Blind people sometimes can see and feel more than others. Still, unfortunately, didn't like it very much. It was just okay.
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