The Nobel Prize winner offers brilliant proof that "no living creature, not even man, has achieved in the center of his sphere, what the bee has achieved." From their amazingly intricate feats of architecture to their intrinsic sense of self-sacrifice, Maeterlinck takes a "bee's-eye view" of the most orderly society on Earth.
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Maurice Maeterlinck (1862- 1949) was a Belgian playwright, poet and essayist who wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.
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An old classic,
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The date on this item is misleading. It was written in 1901 in French and then translated into English by Alfred Sutro and published in English in 1910. It is a classic bee book written in a lively style. It's reasonably accurate, for a book so old, and has a nice readable style. Maeterlinck, the author describes it thus:
"It is not my intention to write a treatise on apiculture, or on practical bee-keeping...I wish to speak of the bees very simply, as one speaks of a subject one knows and loves to those who know it not." I believe he succeded very well.
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This is probably one of the most-read apiary book ever published. Written early in the 20th century, it is a delightful exploration and explanation of the complex society, habits and amazing accomplishments of these tiny creatures, whose industry complements that of humans in very many ways.
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- Maurice Maeterlinck by Edward Thomas in Front Matter, and page 1
- Prophets Of Dissent: Essays On Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche And Tolstoy by Otto Heller on page 21, and page 55
- Insect Lives: Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World by Erich Hoyt on page 144, and page 191
- Letters from the Hive: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind by Stephen Buchmann on page 107, and Back Matter
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