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So this is the tale that launched a thousand mermaid stories.
If you can launch a mermaid story, that is.
Now, it is an old story � you know before women were considered fully fledged members of the human race and stuff.
In some ways, it is rather sympathetic to the two women � one a water spirit, the other a human woman � both of whom love the same man � who is a wishy washy jerk.
It is the human woman who elicits more reaction and sympathy. Her life is turned upside down and she is condemned ...more
Even though I just finished this book yesterday, I feel the need to write my review quickly because it's a story that seems to slide out of my mind; when I would walk away from it and come back, it often took me a moment to reorient myself to this strange little story. Perhaps such slipperiness is appropriate for a story about a volatile water creature, but everything just felt so wishy-washy to me that I had trouble finding much to hold onto. Undine was a spoiled child or an angelic woman. The
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Great story. Old fashion fairy tale, a bit creepy -- but one needs to read these tales.
The inspiration for Andersen's "The Little Mermaid".
And the similarity between the two tales is rather obvious -- in each, a water spirit of one sort or other marrying a man to try to gain a soul, and in the end, losing that man to another woman. ...more
And the similarity between the two tales is rather obvious -- in each, a water spirit of one sort or other marrying a man to try to gain a soul, and in the end, losing that man to another woman. ...more
May 18, 2017
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Escrito en 1811, fue una de las obras principales de su autor, apodado el Quijote del romanticismo.
Por un momento luce fuera de tiempo, fue escrito hace dos siglos, asà que ha de ser por eso. Al leerlo se me hizo extremadamente encantador y extraño. ¿por qué habrÃa alguien de tener sentimientos por alguien asÃ? Lo reconozco de un padre, ¿pero de un amante? Los caprichos y el comportamiento errático de la protagonista son en extremo desconcertantes, sin embargo justificables mientras avanza la t ...more
Por un momento luce fuera de tiempo, fue escrito hace dos siglos, asà que ha de ser por eso. Al leerlo se me hizo extremadamente encantador y extraño. ¿por qué habrÃa alguien de tener sentimientos por alguien asÃ? Lo reconozco de un padre, ¿pero de un amante? Los caprichos y el comportamiento errático de la protagonista son en extremo desconcertantes, sin embargo justificables mientras avanza la t ...more
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