Excerpt from Parsifal, And, Tristan Und Isolde: The Stories of Richard Wagner's Dramas, Told in EnglishWE have tried to do here what, when we first came under the spell of Wagner, we often wished others had done for us: we have tried to re-tell the stories of two of his greatest dramas in language neither so bald as to be unreadable nor so pedantic as to be incomprehensible. These transcriptions are not to be considered as having a separate existence, nor are they intended to displace the various literal translations. All we modestly hope for is that they may help towards a rudimentary conception of what the plays are about.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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