Four unhappy lovers wander through a forest on a midsummer night. However, this is no ordinary forest; it is the mighty realm of the fairy king Oberon and his beautiful queen Titania, a playground for fairies, elves, and nature spirits. Strange, inexplicable things happen to humans. Ulrike Haseloff's illustrations evocatively reflect the fantastic scenarios between dream and reality. Unabridged and unedited text edition in the original language, with translations of difficult words at the foot of each page, a postscript, and literary references.