Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, Fiction, Horror - de La Motte Fouque Friedrich

'Most artistic of all the continental weird tales is the German classic Undine (1814), by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte Fouqué. In this story of a water-spirit who married a mortal and gained a human soul there is a delicate fineness of craftsmanship which makes it notable in any department of literature and an easy naturalness which places it close to the genuine folk-myth.' -- H.P. Lovecraft, 'Supernatural Horror In Literature'