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The Blue Bird
A story of a brother and sister who help a little girl whose illness can only be cured by the magical Blue Bird of Happiness. To find the bird, Mytyl and Tyltyl quest through the Land of Memory to the Palace of Night. The children get help from the good fairy Bérylune.
Paperback, 172 pages
Published
October 11th 2007
by BiblioLife
(first published 1908)
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I was bored to oblivion in my grandmother's summer home, lying on a cot, looking at a wall of books, none of them had colorful or pretty covers. In fact, most of the covers had nothing but gray and maybe an abstract drawing. My grandmother was a book editor and did not believe in pretty covers, it was all about what was inside. I was about nine, and my first books had been Greek myths (Pegasus' tale was of course my favorite, a little girl dreaming of winged horses). There was nothing in the cov...more
“Seeking Elusive Happiness”
Maeterlinck’s quaint 1911 play about two children searching for ht bluebird of happiness—amidst a cast of hundreds—seems saccharine by contemporary standards. Still insightful readers may discern some underlying themes which remain valid in our high-tech world. Young Tyltyl and his wimpering sister, Mytyl, are commissioned by an old Fairy to find Happiness during a nocturnal journey throughout various enchanted realms. Even though it was all probably just a dream th...more
Maeterlinck’s quaint 1911 play about two children searching for ht bluebird of happiness—amidst a cast of hundreds—seems saccharine by contemporary standards. Still insightful readers may discern some underlying themes which remain valid in our high-tech world. Young Tyltyl and his wimpering sister, Mytyl, are commissioned by an old Fairy to find Happiness during a nocturnal journey throughout various enchanted realms. Even though it was all probably just a dream th...more
My edition, found at a local used bookstore, is "The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Five Acts and Eleven Scenes", which was published in 1919 by Dodd, Mead & Company. Original copyright, 1907.
The play's presumption of man's mastery and ownership of all things in nature would direct like a modern-day ecologist's nightmare.
The play's presumption of man's mastery and ownership of all things in nature would direct like a modern-day ecologist's nightmare.
prix nobel de littérature 1911
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Tylryl et Myryl s'éveillent au seuil d'un grand voyage...
Bérylune, petite fée bossue, les envoie quérir l'oiseau bleu, le seul être capable d'enrayer le mal qui ronge sa fille.
Le Pain, le Sucre, l'Eau, la Lumière, la Chatte et le Chien, qu'un diamant a pourvus de la parole, accompagnent dans leur quête les deux enfants.
Ils s'en vont arpenter d'autres mondes, apparemment magiques, qui s'avéreront étrangement familiers.
Dans ces mondes de prime abord inconnus, les...more
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Tylryl et Myryl s'éveillent au seuil d'un grand voyage...
Bérylune, petite fée bossue, les envoie quérir l'oiseau bleu, le seul être capable d'enrayer le mal qui ronge sa fille.
Le Pain, le Sucre, l'Eau, la Lumière, la Chatte et le Chien, qu'un diamant a pourvus de la parole, accompagnent dans leur quête les deux enfants.
Ils s'en vont arpenter d'autres mondes, apparemment magiques, qui s'avéreront étrangement familiers.
Dans ces mondes de prime abord inconnus, les...more
Gran historia! Bastante bueno. Al principio batallé un poco para conocer a los personajes, pero al final se siente extraño dejarlos ir a todos. Bastante creativo, con mucha magia, y enseñanzas.
Однажды детям перестают сниться волшебные сны. Они больше не понимают язык вещей, и в этот момент становятся взрослыми.
I wish I had never let this one go - that I has held to it the way I had when I was five. At least now I have found it again.
A re-read. I want to direct it. It's still fantastic!
Interesting in that time context
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fantastic play. one of the best fairy tales i've ever read. it even has a fairy in it, and a talking dog, and a asshole of a cat.
This was a very interesting thing for me to read. I really enjoyed that it was written as a script and I really connected to the characters. It was a bit slow getting in to but the end is good and the whole thing is well written. I think anyone who love's play's or scripts as much as I do!
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Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard comte Maeterlinck était un poète, traducteur et écrivain flamand d'expression française. Il reçut le prix Prix Nobel de littérature en 1911.
Maurice Maeterlinck dans la Wikipédia française
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard graaf Maeterlinck was een Vlaamse dichter, toneelauteur, essayist en vertaler die in het Frans schreef. Hij kreeg de Nobelprijs voor de Literatuur in 1...more
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Maurice Maeterlinck dans la Wikipédia française
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard graaf Maeterlinck was een Vlaamse dichter, toneelauteur, essayist en vertaler die in het Frans schreef. Hij kreeg de Nobelprijs voor de Literatuur in 1...more
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