num_pages: 128
description: "Most artistic of all the continental weird tales is the German classic Undine (1814), by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte Fouque. In this story of a water-spirit who married a mortal and gained a human soul there is a delicate fineness of craftsmanship which makes it notable in any department of literature and an easy naturalness which places it close to the genuine folk-myth." -- H.P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror In Literature"
language: German
title: Undine
titlecomplete: Undine
genres: Classics, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Romanticism, German Literature, Germany, Romance, 19th Century, Fiction, Mermaids
ratings_count: 2258
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Borgo Press