E. T. A Hoffmann

Young Marie Stahlbaum falls in love with the handsome nutcracker Godfather Drosselmeier gives her family as a Christmas gift, and has adventures with him as he faces the monstrous, seven-headed Mouse King.

Ten of Hoffmann's greatest tales, enormously popular in Europe but rarely seen in the United States: "The Golden Flower Pot," "Automata," "Nutcracker and the King of Mice," "The Sand Man," and 6 others. Edited and corrected by E. F. Bleiler. Features 7 drawings by Hoffmann.

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. El hombre de arena considerado como uno de los relatos más representativo del autor E.T.A Hoffmann (Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), género romanticismo negro conocido también como literatura de terror gótico. Nataniel un joven estudiante desde su infancia vive traumatizado por un horrible episodio vivido con su padre y un repugnante colaborador Coppelius en un entorno siniestro de brujería-alquimia. A los...

Mysteriöse Raubmorde erschüttern das Paris Ludwigs XIV. Die Morde haben eines gemeinsam: Alle Opfer trugen Schmuck des Goldschmiedes Cardillac bei sich. Eines Nachts klopft ein geheimnisvoller Bote an der Tür des ehrbaren Fräuleins von Scuderi und überbringt ein verziertes Kästchen. Es enthält ein von Cardillac gefertigtes Collier und einen Brief mit den besten Grüßen des Mörders. Eine fesselnde Kriminalgeschichte des Meisters der Spannungsliteratur!...

In E.T.A. Hoffmann's extraordinary novel, Opinions of the Cat Murr, the reader embarks on a fantastic journey through the routine activities of daily life in 19th century Germany. The confident and eclectic talents of Murr, a creature inspired by Hoffmann's own beloved cat, make him a true feline of the Renaissance, while Kriesler, Hoffmann's alter ego, is a character saturated with romantic sensibility. E.T.A. Hoffmann's strange tale evokes the supernatural,...

Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The action takes place in Paris during the reign of King Louis XIV of France. The city is under siege by what is presumed to be an organized band of thieves whose members rob citizens of costly jewelry in their homes or on the street. Some of the street victims are simply rendered unconscious by a blow to the head, but most are killed instantly by a deliberate dagger thrust to the heart. The murder victims are mostly wealthy lovers who are on their...

Apunto de entrar a su habitación, se dio vuelta una vez más, su mirada recayó sobre Deodatus y, con el picaporte en la mano, ¡se quedó como petrificado! Sus lúgubres ojos irradiaban un fuego salvaje, al tiempo que una palidez cadavérica recubría su convulsivo y trémulo rostro. Unánimemente reconocido por la historia de la literatura como el gran precursor del relato fantástico moderno, E. T. A. Hoffmann ha gozado de una oscilante fortuna...

Nathanael is a young student, moved from his provincial town to a city where he attends university. It is there where he meets Coppola, a hawker of oculars and eye-glasses and a man whose looks and name have an uncanny similarity to the tormentor of Nathanael's childhood, the advocate Coppelius, the man Nathanael holds responsible for his father's death.

Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls.