Immensee

Immensee is a novella by Theodore W. Storm, a German author. The story follows the life of a young man named Reinhardt who falls in love with his childhood friend, Elisabeth. They grow up together in the idyllic countryside of Immensee, but as they reach adulthood, Elisabeth's family moves away and Reinhardt is left behind. He becomes a successful engineer, but he never forgets his love for Elisabeth. When they meet again years later, Reinhardt discovers that Elisabeth is now married and has a daughter. Despite this, he cannot help but feel drawn to her once again. The novella explores themes of love, loss, and the passage of time. It is a classic work of German literature and has been translated into many languages.Straight opposite, in the middle of all this forest verdure, there lay a patch of white, like driven snow. This was an expanse of blossoming fruit-trees, and out of them, up on the high lake shore, rose the manor-house, shining white, with tiles of red. A stork flew up from the chimney, and circled slowly above the waters.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.