The Valkyries

"The Valkyries" by E. F. Benson is a reimagining of Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre," making the epic tale available to readers with an early 20th-century narrative rich in passion and the supernatural. The story paints a picture of a world thrown into disorder, highlighted by a terrible winter season, where the oppressed Sieglinde finds an unexpected spark of hope in the arrival of the mysterious Siegmund, leading to forbidden love and a battle against her vengeful husband, Hunding, while testing the will of Wotan, the god, who finds himself in a moral dilemma and must face the weight of destiny and the fate of his children.