Sintram, son of a fierce northern lord, is tormented by night terrors and shadowed on his journeys by two uncanny companions, Death and a sly little master who whispers temptation. Fouqué’s grave chivalric romance, inspired by Dürer’s engraving Knight, Death and the Devil, is introduced here by Charlotte M. Yonge.
A winter tale of the German Romantics by the author of Undine, prized by Victorian readers for its spiritual seriousness. Download the free EPUB.