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Tales of Hoffmann

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Penguin Books Limited, May 27, 2004 - Fiction - 432 pages
This selection of Hoffmann's finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre. Suspense dominates tales such as Mademoiselle de Scudery, in which an apprentice goldsmith and a female novelist find themselves caught up in a series of jewel thefts and murders. In the sinister Sandman, a young man's sanity is tormented by fears about a mysterious chemist, while in The Choosing of a Bride a greedy father preys on the weaknesses of his daughter's suitors. Master of the bizarre, Hoffman creates a sinister and unsettling world combining love and madness, black humour and bewildering illusion.

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ETA Hoffmann, where have you been all my life? I can't quite believe I haven't read this author before; he's so much part of all kinds of literary traditions I'm interested in, from the birth of ... Read full review

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Jacques Offenbach's masterwork, the opera Les contes d'Hoffmann ("The Tales of Hoffmann", 1881), is based on the stories Der Sandmann ("The Sandman", 1816), ...
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About the author (2004)

Hoffmann (1776 - 1822) studied law and entered the Prussian civil service, but his over-riding ambition was to beomce a graphic artist and painter. He turned to fiction only in his thirties and became one of the most influential authors of his time. R.J. Hollingdale has translated eleven of Nietschze'sbooks and published two books about him. He has also translated works by Schopenhauer, Goethe and Fontane.

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TitleTales of Hoffmann
Penguin classics
AuthorE.T.A. Hoffmann
Translated byR. J. Hollingdale
PublisherPenguin Books Limited, 2004
ISBN0140443924, 9780140443929
Length432 pages
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