Immensee (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Theodor Storm
- First Published: 1850
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Pastoral
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Germany
- Principal Characters: Reinhard Werner, Mrs. Werner, Elisabeth, Elisabeth’s Mother, Erich
- Genres: Long fiction, Pastoral
- Subjects: Family or family life, Memory, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Germany or German people, Students or student life, Old age or elderly people, Christmas
- Locales: Germany
The Story:
Reinhard Werner, an old man, returned from his walk at dusk and entered his home. He climbed the stairs and sat in his usual place in his study. His housekeeper had not yet turned on the lights for the evening. As it became darker, a ray of moonlight entered the room and fell on a woman’s portrait. Whispering the name “Elisabeth!” Reinhard recollected his youth.
As children, Reinhard and Elisabeth had been inseparable. When she was five and he was ten, he told her stories. Once he asked her if she would go to India with him, and she said that her mother...
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