{"product_id":"9781605018188","title":"Undine. ILLUSTRATED.: ILLUSTRATED by Katharine Cameron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eILLUSTRATED by Katharine Cameron \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor and Louey   Chisholm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUndine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque concerning   Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a   soul. It is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and   other languages. During the nineteenth century the book was very popular and   was, according to The Times in 1843, \"a book which, of all others, if you ask   for it at a foreign library, you are sure to find engaged\". The story, which has   resemblences to \u003ci\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e by Andersen, is descended from   Melusine, the French folk-tale of a water-sprite who marries a knight on   condition that he shall never see her on Saturdays, when she resumes her mermaid   shape. It was also inspired by a text of Paracelsus. An unabridged English   edition of the story published in 1909 was illustrated by Arthur Rackham. George   Macdonald thought \u003ci\u003eUndine\u003c\/i\u003e \"the most beautiful\" of all fairy stories, and   the references to it in such works as Charlotte Yonge's \u003ci\u003eThe Daisy Chain\u003c\/i\u003e   and Louisa Alcott's \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e show that it was one of the best loved   of all books for many 19th-century children.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e— Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138720415984,"sku":"9781605018188","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605018188_p0.jpg?v=1763830076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605018188","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}