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The Massacre of the Innocents

Maurice Maeterlinck

First published 1995
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

{{tr|Barrett H. Clark}}, published in Great Short Stories of the World, ed. Barrett H. Clark and Maxim Lieber, 1925

A naturalistic depiction of this episode of the Gospels (inspired by a painting by Breughel, according to the author's note). Not speculative except that it depicts a scene from myth.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1995 Cover Great Short Stories: Fiction from the Masters of World Literature Carroll & Graf Anthology 266