Joyzelle and Monna Vanna

Joyzelle and Monna Vanna is a collection of two plays by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. Joyzelle is a romantic fairy tale about a young girl who is taken away by the queen of the fairies to be her daughter. Joyzelle falls in love with a human prince and must choose between staying in the fairy world or returning to the human world with him. Monna Vanna is a historical drama set in medieval Italy during a siege. The play follows the story of a noblewoman, Monna Vanna, who is forced to make a difficult decision to save her city from destruction. Both plays explore themes of love, sacrifice, and the human condition. Maeterlinck's writing is known for its poetic language and symbolism, making these plays a beautiful and thought-provoking read.1903. Joyzelle was translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos; Monna Vanna was translated by Alfred Sutro. Maeterlinck, the Belgian poet, dramatist, essayist and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, whose literary career began with the publication of two volumes of poetry. Monna Vanna is set at the end of the fifteenth century in Pisa in a camp outside the walls. The cast is made up of nobles, soldiers, peasants, men and women of the city, etc. The fascinating dramatic fantasy Joyzelle, shows, through difficult trials and somber episodes, the triumph of love faithful to its own nature. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.