This is the first English translation of those two lovely novellas by Theodor Storm, who is considered one of the best loved German authors.

In the first novella “the lake of the bees” storm took us to navigate with him in his memories, as this novella was inspired by his first love story. It is a p

A gentle and bittersweet story of an old man's reminiscence about the love of his early life, its poignant scenes interspersed with passionate explorations into nature through botany and a charming love of plants and birds. It's an emotional book that is not afraid to feel. I read somewhere recently

A bittersweet tale of an old man reminiscing about his long lost childhood love. Reinhard is a collector of folktales and songs which adds to the lovely melancholic tone.

Маленькая старомодная повесть, где, в общем-то, ничего не происходит, старик сидит и вспоминает девушку, в которую был когда-то влюблен, но так ей об этом и не сказал. И она была в него влюблена, и тоже ничего не сказала, вышла за другого.
Никто никого не убил, никому не изменил, не сошел с ума. Все

An old man contemplates a love lost when he was young...after reading two novellas by Storm, I am confounded by the degree of sentimentality, and I am even more confounded that in his case, I do not mind it a bit! :-)

My reading this month hasn’t gone well so far. I have been able to read just one book till now. Today, I thought I will try to do something about it. I thought I will read one of my old favourites and hope that it will bring back my reading mojo. So, I read ‘Immensee’ by Theodor Storm.

‘Immensee’ is