Carmen Sylva was the pen name of Queen Elisabeth of Romania, and this cycle of linked tales follows Sorrow, the child of the sun, wandering among human beings and the realm of peace. Village loves, griefs and partings are told in a dreamy, fairy-tale manner, translated by Helen Zimmern with an introduction on Romania and its queen.
A melancholy, lyrical book for lovers of literary fairy tales and nineteenth-century royal authors. Download the free EPUB.