First published in French as Miroir du merveilleux in 1940, Mirror of the Marvelous has long been considered one of the most significant books to come out of the surrealist movement and Anaïs Nin suggested it as a source of inspiration ahead of its time. Drawing on sacred and modern texts, Pierre Mabille shows how "the marvelous" goes beyond simply being a synonym for "the fantastic" to engage the entire emotional realm and includes surrealist analyses on ancient, classic and contemporary works from around the world.