Name: Undine: With Introductory Essays by George MacDonald and Lafcadio Hearn
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Author: Fouqué, Friedrich de la Motte ; MacDonald, George ; Hearn, Lafcadio
ISBN: 9781528717779

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Undine: With Introductory Essays by George MacDonald and Lafcadio Hearn

Type

Physical Book

Author

Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué

Contributions by

Lafcadio Hearn

George MacDonald

Publisher

Read & Co. Classics

Language

English

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.17 kg.

ISBN13

9781528717779

Synopsis "Undine: With Introductory Essays by George MacDonald and Lafcadio Hearn"

"Undine" is a 1811 fairy-tale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. The story centres around a water spirit called Undine who, in order to obtain a soul, marries the knight Huldebrand. It is an example of early German romance that has been translated into a variety of languages and adapted for the stage and screen numerous times. Being Fouqué's most famous work, "Undine" was extremely popular during the nineteenth century and is not to be missed by fans of German literature, fairy tales, and folklore. Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (1777-1843) was a German writer. Other notable works by this author include: "Romanzen vom Tal Ronceval" (1805), "Historie vom edlen Ritter Galmy" (1806), and "Sigurds Rache" (1809). Read & Co. Books is republishing this classic novel now in a new edition complete with introductory essays by George MacDonald and Lafcadio Hearn.

Lafcadio Hearn

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(Greece 1850 - Japan 1904), born in Greece to an Irish father and Greek mother, he was raised between Greece and Ireland. At the age of nineteen, he moved to the United States to start his journalism career and later to Japan in 1890, where he would spend the rest of his life as a teacher and writer. He is noted for his narrative and descriptive talent both in his journalistic and literary work. He was one of the first Europeans to introduce Japanese culture to Western readers. His long stay in Japan, combined with his deep knowledge of Japanese culture and traditions and his poetic imagination and narrative style, have secured him a privileged place in the reading community and an even more privileged place in the hearts of the Japanese.

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