This tale totally drew me in. It was mesmerizing, but so sad.
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead @BarbaraJean
This tale totally drew me in. It was mesmerizing, but so sad.
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead @BarbaraJean
LMM first mentions Undine in her journals on October 24, 1899, when Nate brings her a copy—she reads it in school, under her desk, and calls it “delicious.” The story is often referenced as one of LMM‘s favorites.
What do you notice in Undine that might have appealed to LMM?
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What common fairy tale tropes did you notice in Undine?
What did you like (or dislike) about how those fairy tale tropes played out in this story?
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Hans Christian Andersen didn‘t like how de la Motte Fouqué‘s story made “the mermaid‘s acquiring of an immortal soul to depend upon… the love of a human being. I‘m sure that‘s wrong! It would depend rather much on chance, wouldn‘t it?”
How did you respond to this aspect of the folklore—that Undine‘s receiving a soul is dependent upon her marriage? What did you think of the male & female roles in the story?
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#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent
🧜♀️Undine was first published in German in 1811—the same year as Sense & Sensibility, a year before the Brothers Grimm fairy tales
🧜♀️The first English translation was by George Soane (1818)
🧜♀️Undine influenced Hans Christian Andersen‘s The Little Mermaid (1837)
🧜♀️The Courtney translation (1909) is famous for its illustrations by Arthur Rackham
What translation/version did you read (if you know)?⤵️
Someone at our local Publix draws a new, beautiful calendar every month. And now I'm wondering if maybe they're on Litsy, since this month's drawing references Undine, right as we're about to read it for #kindredspiritsbuddyread. I love when things like this happen.
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A reminder that next week, the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead will be discussing Undine, one of our #LMMAdjacent books. LMM first mentions it in her journal on October 24, 1899–Nate brings her a copy!
As always, all are welcome to join in—if you‘re not tagged and you‘d like to be, please let me know!
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https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2739894
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A reminder that next week, the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead will be discussing Undine, one of our #LMMAdjacent books. LMM first mentions it in her journal on October 24, 1899–Nate brings her a copy!
As always, all are welcome to join in—if you‘re not tagged and you‘d like to be, please let me know!
Since the book was originally published in German in 1811, there‘s a number of different translations and versions out there. ⤵️