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Georgette Leblanc
Georgette Leblanc (1869–1941) was a French operatic soprano, actress, and writer. She is best known for her long association with the Symbolist writer Maurice Maeterlinck, for whom she served as a muse and collaborator. In addition to her performing career, Leblanc wrote several novels, including "Souvenirs" and "La Machine à Courage." Her work reflects her interest in mysticism and spiritual themes, and she contributed significantly to the cultural and artistic scene in late 19th and early 20th century France.
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One of the strongest pieces of imaginative writing for children that the past decade has produced and one of the most delicate and beautiful of all times, is "The Blue Bird," by Maurice Maeterlinck, written as a play, and very successfully produced on the stage. Georgette Leblanc (Madame Maurice Maeterlinck), has rendered this play in story form for children, under the title "The...
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Here in the garden, close to the quiet house, I sit thinking of that strange meeting in the village. A blackbird at regular intervals sings the same refrain, which is taken up by others in the distance. The lily's chalice gleams under the blazing sun; and the humbler flowers meekly droop their heads. White butterflies are everywhere, flitting restlessly hither and thither. So fierce is the...
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