The Intruder (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
- First Published: 1890
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: A dark room in an old château
- Principal Characters: The Grandfather, The Father, The Uncle, The Three Daughters, The Sister of Charity, The Maidservant
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Family or family life, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Blindness or blind persons, Upper classes, Death or dying, Grandparents or grandchildren, Castles, Tragedy, Nursing or nurses, Germany or German people
- Locales: Earth
The Story:
Six characters felt enormous tension one Saturday evening between shortly after nine o’clock and midnight in a somber sitting room of an old château surrounded by gardens and a lake. Together with their father, uncle, and grandfather, three young women hopefully awaited the visit of the father’s and the uncle’s eldest sister, a nun who was the mother superior of her convent, and of the doctor who was to check on their sickly mother in the room on the left and the silent baby in the room on the right.
The family entered the sitting room, disagreeing. The...
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