Melusine: Ein Liebesroman

by Jakob Wassermann

"Melusine: Ein Liebesroman" by Jakob Wassermann is a novel published in 1896. Young orphan Melusine Mirbeth takes refuge in a modest Munich boarding house, fleeing her guardian, Colonel Thewalt. There she meets medical student Vidl Falk, and a tentative love develops between them. But Melusine's evasive answers about her past and her continued dependence on the Colonel fuel Vidl's jealousy and doubts. As suspicion grows, their fragile connection faces an inevitable test of trust and character.