Undine

About this book

A knight meets a water spirit who becomes his wife, and their happiness rests on a promise that cannot be broken without terrible consequences. The river has its own claims on the life they try to share.

Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's Undine is a haunting German Romantic tale of love, identity and belonging. Its heroine moves between human longing and the mysterious laws of elemental beings. The story inspired generations of artists and composers, and its blend of tenderness and dread is especially powerful when the natural world seems to remember what people forget.