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Fouqué

American  
[foo-key] / fuˈkeɪ /

noun

  1. Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte- 1777–1843, German romanticist: poet and novelist.


Fouqué British  
/ fuˈkeː /

noun

  1. Friedrich Heinrich Karl (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈhainrɪç karl), Baron de la Motte. 1777–1843, German romantic writer; author of Undine (1811)

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The tales of Richter, Haupt, Hoffman, and Baron Fouqué could never have been created here.

From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Butterworth, Hezekiah

In Halle, Fouqué delivered lectures on history and poetry which attracted much attention and admiration.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

Fouqué, was published in London, as early as 1759.

From Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici by Various

Undine, by Baron de la Motte Fouqué, is a beautiful fairy tale from the German, with interest for older children than those who read Andersen and Grimm.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Nor did he derive much profit from the men of letters whom he visited in various places, such as Fouqué, Chamisso, and Heine.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

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