Spiess, Christian Heinrich - The Dwarf Of Westerbourg

Good knight Rudolph comes into his inheritance, which includes a magical dwarf who has been advising and serving the Westerbourg crest for centuries.
Rudolph is an earnest knight, more concerned with tournaments and conflicts, than romance.
The dwarf, Peter, gradually shifts his eye towards the fairer sex, those of pure innocence.
From then on, Rudolph steps down an ever steepening slope, pursuing and possessing the virtuous.
Maiden after maiden, each displacing the other in terms of unequaled beauty.
Time and again, Rudolph has moral arguments with himself, yet – to be honest dear reader – he has the resolve (and IQ) of a biscuit.
An incredibly funny book, roaring with adventures, swinging from macabre to preposterous.
Influential on Lewis’ “The Monk” and Radcliffe’s “The Mysteries Of Udolpho.”