Immensee
Theodor Storm
Editorial: Good Press
Sinopsis
"Immensee" by Theodor Storm From their early childhood on, the protagonists Reinhard Werner and Elisabeth have been close friends. Reinhard, who is five years older than Elisabeth, impresses her by writing fairy tales on slips of paper for her. On the surface it is a simple love story divided into ten scenes as framed by the remembrances of Reinhardt as an old man thinking back to his youth, his childhood love for Elisabeth, and his friend Erich who ends up marrying her. The story thus takes place over the course of an entire life. It is autobiographical to some degree with echoes of Storm's own life.