Magic Ring, Vol. 1 of 3

Download or read book Magic Ring, Vol. 1 of 3 written by La Motte-Fouque and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Magic Ring, Vol. 1 of 3: A Romance, From the German of Frederick Baron De La Motte Fouque Such are the materials whence Fouque has drawn the machinery of his romances. The white magic of the now converted Druda contends against the black machinations of the infidel Gerda; and as for the Mysterious Ring, it seems to have been only one among other necro mantic spells, though some readers have sup posed that the author hereby intended to allego rize the delusive Spirit of the World, and of the worldly-minded, in opposition to that of pure religion and heavenly affections. Hence the Baron has represented the people of the North as led astray to wage war against all nations and against each other; till at last, by the infin ence of Bertha, (a personification of the true Christian faith) they become harmonized and happily united into one community. Nothing, you added, can be clearer and more intelligible than this outline; and, if the work were even literally rendered into English, it would present an excellent knightly tale of the olden time, ' with a religio-historical moral. Let this be done, and there need be no doubt entertained of its success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.