Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué

Despite misgivings about Undine's supernatural powers, a nobleman still wants to marry this water nymph he finds living in the forest with a poor fisherman and his wife.

[Excerpt] At length the day fixed for the tournament arrived, and a distinguished noble, appointed by the German emperor, arranged all things in the most magnificent and sumptuous guise for the solemn festival. The field of combat opened wide, and fair, and level, thickly strewn with the finest sand, so that, both man and horse might find sure footing; and, like a pure field of snow, it shone forth from the midst of the flowery plain.

Dans cette collection on fait revivre, à partir de matériaux littéraires et historiques, des héroïnes fabuleuses et des figures mythiques de légende. La plume élégante de l'auteure donne un souffle nouveau et captivant à ces légendes issues du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance. Les illustrations, nourries de plusieurs références artistiques, évoquent bien l'univers féerique. [SDM].