The King's Bride
1821
First Published
3.61
Average Rating
85
Number of Pages
Happily engaged to the poet Amandus, Fraulein Anna is horrified to discover that a beautiful ring, mysteriously deposited upon her finger whilst tending her kitchen garden, forces her into marriage with the gnome Corduanspitz. Can Anna find any way of removing the ring? Will her poet lover shake off his passive demeanour and come to her aid? And has Corduanspitz truly relinquished all ties to his gnome heritage, as he so proudly claims? Around a love story very much of its time, Hoffman arranges a narrative that brings to mind the most successful elements of contemporary magical realism and surreal comedy. Always entertaining, yet capable of a focused though subtle morality, "The King's Bride" brings disparate elements into a masterful harmony.
Avg Rating
3.61
Number of Ratings
101
5 STARS
19%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
1%
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