“The Rider on a White Horse” (1888) is the culmination and pinnacle of T. Storm’s work, a true pearl of German prose of the 19th century. The story of the courageous and talented dam builder Hauck Heyen, whimsically combining the features of the romantic tradition and realism, reveals many parallels with the dramas of Ibsen and, first of all, with Goethe's Faust. The legends and superstitions of Friesland, one of the northern lands of Germany, are so skillfully woven into the complex fabric of the novel that this author’s work is itself perceived as a folk legend full of poetry and drama.