by Jean Giraudoux · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253009771
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«Ondine» is the fantasy play by Jean Giraudoux, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (156 pages, in French).
Ondine, a water nymph, falls in love with the knight Hans von Wittenstein zu Wittenstein and abandons her world to experience human love. The pact with the King of the Ondines is severe: if Hans betrays her, she will die and return to the lake with no memory of her earthly life. Giraudoux shows the fragility of human loves with poetic dialogues.
Play in three acts premiered in 1939 at the Théâtre de l'Athénée, directed by Louis Jouvet, based on the tale «Undine» by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
For lovers of classic French theatre and fantasies inspired by fairy tales.
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II.
