The Treasure of the Humble
Title page for the 1900 Dodd, Mead & Company edition of Maurice Maeterlinck's Treasure of the Humble | |
Author | Maurice Maeterlinck |
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Original title | Le Trésor des Humbles |
Translator | Alfred Sutro |
Language | French |
Genre | Essays |
Publisher | Mercure de France |
Publication date | 1896 |
Publication place | Belgium |
Published in English | 1897 |
Pages | 225 (English version, approx.) |
The Treasure of the Humble (French: Le Trésor des humbles) is a collection of thirteen deeply reflective mystical essays by the Belgian Nobel Laureate Maurice Maeterlinck. The work is dedicated to Georgette Leblanc.
Essays
- "Le Silence" ("Silence")
- "Le Réveil de L'Ame" ("The Awakening of the Soul")
- "Les Avertis" ("The Pre-Destined")
- "La Morale Mystique" ("Mystic Morality")
- "Sur Les Femmes" ("On Women")
- "Ruysbroeck L'Admirable"
- "Emerson"
- "Novalis"
- "Le Tragique Quotidien" ("The Tragical in Daily Life")
- "L'Étoile" ("The Star")
- "La Bonté Invisible" ("The Invisible Goodness")
- "La Vie Profonde" ("The Deeper Life")
- "La Beauté Intérieure" ("The Inner Beauty")
English translations
The Treasure of the Humble was translated into English by Alfred Sutro with an introduction by A. B. Walkley in 1897. The English-language version does not include the essays on Ruysbroeck, Emerson, and Novalis.
References
- Maeterlinck, Maurice (1900). The Treasure of the Humble. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company/London: George Allen, Ruskin House.
- Maeterlinck, Maurice (1907). Le Trésor des Humbles. Paris: Société du Mercure de France.
External links
- Chapter X of Edward Thomas' Maurice Materlinck, entitled "First Essays: 'Le Trésor des Humbles'; 'La Sagesse et la Destinée'"
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Works by Maurice Maeterlinck
- Princess Maleine
- Intruder
- The Blind
- The Seven Princesses
- Pelléas and Mélisande
- Alladine and Palomides
- Interior
- The Death of Tintagiles
- Aglavaine and Sélysette
- Ariane and Bluebeard
- Sister Beatrice
- Monna Vanna
- Joyzelle
- The Blue Bird
- Mary Magdalene
- The Miracle of St. Anthony
- The Mayor of Stilmonde
- The Betrothal
- The Cloud That Lifted
- The Power of the Dead
- Berniquel
- Marie-Victoire
- Joan of Arc
- Father Setubal
- The Three Justiciaries
- The Last Judgment
- Hothouses
- Twelve Songs
- The Massacre of the Innocents
- Onirology
- The Dance of the Stars
- The Treasure of the Humble
- Wisdom and Destiny
- The Life of the Bee
- The Intelligence of Flowers
- The Life of the Termite
- Blue Bubbles