Tales of Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Original title: Short stories

Translated by Hollingdale, R. J. earliest edition we have, 1982 Penguin Classics, 1982 416 pages

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"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...

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Hollingdale, R. J. 1 printing we hold · 1982 · Penguin Classics

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Contes fantastiques edition · 1986 · Editions RVG · 520 pages
Tales of Hoffmann (Penguin Classics) edition · 1982 · Penguin Classics · 416 pages · 9780140443929

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