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Pelleas and Melisande

by Maurice Maeterlinck · 1892 · 220 pages

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"A superior variation on the admirable old melodrama", said Mallarme about Pelleas. The plot does seem conventional: Prince Golaud meets Melisande, a timid, shy and enchanting girl that is lost in a forest. He takes her to his castle and decides to marry her. But Melisande falls in love with his brother, Pelleas ...

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Genre
literary fictionromance
Themes
theatremusic
Setting
1890s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 220 pages
Form
plays

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