Delphi Collected Works of Maurice Maeterlinck

by Maurice Maeterlinck, Delphi Classics (Editor), Richard Hovey (Translator)

A Belgian playwright, poet and essayist, Maurice Maeterlinck was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 in recognition of dramatic works “distinguished by a wealth of imagination”. A prominent member of the Symbolist movement, Maeterlinck produced unique dramas, experimenting with poetic speech, gesture, lighting, setting and ritual, creating a profound and moving atmosphere. He was also a gifted writer of essays, offering remarkable blends of mysticism, occultism and an enduring interest in the world of nature — the typical Symbolist reaction against materialism, science and the mechanisation of the time. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Maeterlinck’s completed translated plays, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts and informative introductions. (Version 1)

Please there are no available translations of Maeterlinck’s last 8 plays. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update.

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Maeterlinck’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the major texts
* All 20 translated plays, with individual contents tables
* Features many rare dramas appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Contemporary translations by Richard Hovey, Alfred Sutro, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, Bernard Miall and F. M. Atkinson
* Maeterlinck’s rare poetry
* A wide selection of the author’s non-fiction, with rare texts appearing here for the first time
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres



The Plays
Princess Maleine (1889)
Intruder (1890)
The Blind (1890)
The Seven Princesses (1891)
Pelléas and Mélisande (1892)
Alladine and Palomides (1894)
Home (1894)
The Death of Tintagiles (1894)
Aglavaine and Selysette (1896)
Ardiane and Bluebeard (1899)
Sister Beatrice (1901)
Monna Vanna (1902)
Joyzelle (1903)
The Miracle of Saint Antony (1904)
The Blue Bird (1908)
Mary Magdalene (1910)
The Burgomaster of Stilemond (1918)
The Betrothal (1922)
The Cloud that Lifted (1925)
The Power of the Dead (1926)

The Short Story
The Massacre of the Innocents (1895)

The Poetry
Poems (1915)

The Non-Fiction
Ruysbroeck and the Mystics (1891)
The Treasure of the Humble (1896)
Wisdom and Destiny (1898)
The Life of the Bee (1901)
The Buried Temple (1902)
The Double Garden (1904)
Death (1911)
Our Eternity (1913)
The Unknown Guest (1914)
The Wrack of the Storm (1916)
Gleanings from Maeterlinck (1917)
Mountain Paths (1919)
The Great Secret (1921)
The Life of the White Ant (1926)

3725 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 6, 2025

About the author

Maurice 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.