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100 1 _aMaeterlinck, Maurice,
_d1862-1949
240 1 3 _aLe miracle de saint Antoine. English
245 1 4 _aThe miracle of Saint Anthony
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-04-14
508 _aMark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Miracle of Saint Anthony" by Maurice Maeterlinck is a one-act play written in the early 20th century that delves into themes of life, death, and societal hypocrisy. The story revolves around the unexpected arrival of Saint Anthony, who claims he has come to resurrect Mademoiselle Hortense, a wealthy but recently deceased woman. The play is set in a mundane Flemish household during a funeral, highlighting the stark contrast between the miraculous and the ordinary. In the narrative, Saint Anthony enters a home where the relatives and friends of the deceased are preparing for her funeral. Initially met with skepticism and annoyance from the living, especially from her greedy nephews Gustave and Achille, Saint Anthony insists on reviving Mademoiselle Hortense. The absurdity unfolds as Hortense is resurrected, only to express her disdain for the situation in a comical twist. The guests quickly shift from gratitude to indignation when they realize Hortense’s return to life comes with restrictions, including her inability to speak, which leaves them disillusioned about the true nature of miracles. The play ends in a wave of irony, as Hortense dies once more, reinforcing the idea that true miracles might lie beyond human understanding and expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1918
653 _aAnthony, of Padua, Saint, 1195-1231 -- Drama
700 1 _aMaurice, Arthur Bartlett,
_d1873-1946
700 1 _aTeixeira de Mattos, Alexander,
_d1865-1921
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/miracleofsaintan00maetiala
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70550
999 _c111276
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