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Nathanael remains haunted by his childhood fear that the lawyer Coppelius, a strange night-time visitor who used to come to his house to conduct alchemical experiments with his father the latter dying as a consequence of one of these sessions was none o
Happily engaged to the poet Amandus, Fräulein Anna is horrified to discover that a beautiful ring, mysteriously deposited upon her finger whilst tending her kitchen garden, forces her into marriage with the gnome Corduanspitz. Can Anna find any way of rem
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The son of a heinous sinner, Medardus is brought up in a monastery to atone for his fathers wicked ways. However, after succumbing to temptation, Medardus himself is lured into a life of sin. A labyrinthine plot sees him embarking on a fantastical journey
E.T.A. Hoffman can be considered one of the fathers of German Gothic Horror. He wrote one of the first German horror novels, Die Elixiere des Teufels (The Devils Elixirs), and he also wrote the story to which Tchaikovsky composed the Nutcracker Suite. The
I Hoffmanns fantastiske noveller demonstrerer han endnu engang, hvorfor han anses for at være den ubestridte mester inden for den gotiske og fantastiske litteratur. I de fire noveller kommer vi blandt andet med på jagt efter en brutal morder, der har en s