Death
by Maurice Maeterlinck
Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company 1912
ISBN/ASIN: 1409910865
Number of pages: 126
Description:
A philosophical look at death, life and what comes afterwards. Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck (1862-1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist writing in French. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life.
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