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(0)E. T. A Hoffmann
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann is known as the master of uncanny and supernatural tales. In the novella The Devil's Elixir, Hoffmann recounts the creepy exploits of a monk who is driven to the brink of madness by a mysterious substance—and a mysterious, possibly demonic figure who bears a striking resemblance to the monk himself.
2) Weird Tales
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
E.T.A. Hoffmann was a gifted German author and composer whose most well-known work was a fantasy tale entitled The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which inspired Tchaikovsky's famous ballet. Hoffmann also wrote dozens of tales dealing with the uncanny and the supernatural; this collection brings together a group of his most spine-chilling short works.
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Gregory Maguire returns with an inventive novel inspired by a timeless holiday legend, intertwining the story of the famous Nutcracker with the life of the mysterious toy maker named Drosselmeier who carves him."--Amazon.com.
Hiddensee: An island of white sandy beaches, salt marshes, steep cliffs, and pine forests north of Berlin in the Baltic Sea. Godfather Drosselmeier, a one-eyed toy maker, presents a Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter. Klara...