
In the hush of dawn, the prince’s palace awakens only to the soft chorus of birds and the golden spill of sunrise over manicured gardens. Princess Sidonie, a young woman of striking beauty, slips away from courtly duties to wander the surrounding woods she cherishes, finding brief solace among the ancient trees. Yet on this particular morning she remains confined to a quiet chamber, her thoughts heavy with an unnamed sorrow that stains her cheeks.
Clutching a delicate medallion close to her heart, Sidonie allows herself a fleeting moment of tenderness, recalling a love that seems both distant and all‑consuming. The tears that flow betray a pain that even the splendor of the palace cannot ease. A sudden rustle from an adjoining room startles her, hinting that unseen forces may soon intrude upon her private grief, and that the secrets she guards could alter the fragile peace of the court.
Language
de
Duration
~5 hours (301K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Leipzig: Verlag von Friedrich Fleischer, 1870.
Credits
Hans Theyer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This transcription was produced from images generously made available by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek / Bavarian State Library.)
Release date
2023-11-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1810–1889
A 19th-century German man of letters, this East Prussian writer is remembered for working in both drama and fiction. The surviving record is thin, which makes him one of those intriguing authors known more by a few firm facts than by a widely told life story.
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