"Undine," a classic Romantic novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, tells the haunting tale of a water spirit who marries a mortal knight to gain a human soul. Undine, gentle and enchanting, brings joy to Knight Huldbrand, but their happiness is threatened by the sea's eternal law: should her husband prove faithless, she must return to the watery depths and take his life. As jealousy and betrayal seep into their marriage, Undine faces an impossible choice between love and duty to her elemental nature. A lyrical meditation on love, mortality, and the yearning for an immortal soul.
