Immensee
Theodor Storm · 1849
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Description
Immensee, Theodor Storm's novella of 1849, is given here in the German original. No English translation of the tale is in the public domain. Old Reinhard, looking back, recalls Elisabeth, the friend of his childhood and the love of his youth at the lake estate of Immensee.
School, travel, and slow years apart let another man win Elisabeth's hand. A late visit to her home shows both what was lost and what duty built instead. Water lilies, songs, and the lake itself carry the story's feeling. The tale made Storm famous across Germany. It became the model of the German novella: brief, lyrical, and sad without despair.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Theodor Storm |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1849 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62185 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |