Undine is a fairy-tale novella by Friedrich
de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named
Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has
been translated into English and other languages.
The first edition with the illustrations of Arthur Rackham (1867 - 1939) was published 1909.
Undine outside the window
CHAPTER I
HOW THE KNIGHT CAME TO THE FISHERMAN
At the back of this little tongue of land there lay a fearsome forest right perilous to traverse.
CHAPTER II
HOW UNDINE HAD COME TO THE FISHERMAN
Abeautiful little girl clad in rich garments stood there on the threshold smiling
The Infancy of Undine
CHAPTER III
HOW UNDINE WAS FOUND AGAIN
He
saw by the moonlight momentarily unveiled, a little island encircled by
the flood; and there under the branches of the overhanging trees was
Undine
The
Knight took the beautiful girl in his arms and bore her over the narrow
space where the stream had divided her little island from the shore
CHAPTER IV
OF THAT WHICH BEFELL THE KNIGHT IN THE WOOD
He held up the gold piece, crying at such leap of his, "False gold! false coin! false coin!"
At length they all pointed their stained fingers at me
CHAPTER V
HOW THE KNIGHT FARED ON THE PENINSULA
When
the Storm threatened to burst on their heads, she uttered a laughing
reproof to the clouds, "Come, come," saith she, "look to it that you wet
us not"
CHAPTER VI
TELLETH OF A WEDDING
CHAPTER VII
OF ALL THAT CHANCED ON THEV EVENING OF THE WEDDING
CHAPTER VIII
THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING
CHAPTER IX
HOW THE KNIGHT BORE AWAY HIS YOUNG WIFE
"Little niece, said Kühleboru, "forget not that I am here with thee as a garde".
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CHAPTER X
HOW THEY FARED IN THE CITY
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CHAPTER XI
BERTALDA'S BIRTHDAY
Bertalda
OF THAT WHICH BEFELL THE KNIGHT IN THE WOOD
HOW THE KNIGHT FARED ON THE PENINSULA
CHAPTER VI
TELLETH OF A WEDDING
CHAPTER VII
OF ALL THAT CHANCED ON THEV EVENING OF THE WEDDING
CHAPTER VIII
THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING
HOW THE KNIGHT BORE AWAY HIS YOUNG WIFE
"Little niece, said Kühleboru, "forget not that I am here with thee as a garde".
CHAPTER X
HOW THEY FARED IN THE CITY
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CHAPTER XI
BERTALDA'S BIRTHDAY
Bertalda
"She hath a mark, like a violet, between her shoulders, and another like it on the instep of her left foot"
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CHAPTER XII
HOW THEY JOURNEYED FROM THE CITY
CHAPTER XIII
HOW THEY FARED AT CASTLE RINGSTETTEN
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CHAPTER XIV
THE BLACK VALLEY
THE BLACK VALLEY
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CHAPTER XV
HOW THEY JOURNEYED TO VIENNA
HOW THEY JOURNEYED TO VIENNA
Soon she was lost to sight in the Danube
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CHAPTER XVI
HOW IT FARED FURTHERT WITH HULDBRAND
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CHAPTER XVII
THE KNIGHT'S DREAM
He could see Undine beneath the crystal vault
CHAPTER XVIII
HOW THE KNIGHT HULDBRAND IS MARRIED
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CHAPTER XIX
HOW THE KNIGHT HULDBRAND WAS BURIED
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