Böcker av E T A Hoffmann

"Då såg han i det klara månskenet tätt framför sig en krets av ohyggliga, spöklika gestalter. Gamla, halvnakna kvinnor med fladdrande hår hade hukat sig ned på marken i en ring, och mitt ibland dem låg liket av en människa, på vilket de åt me...

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Romantiken är till sin natur gränsöverskridande, den är en ständig rörelse, åtminstone i tanken, den drivs av en längtan till det som hägrar bortom. Den är vild och sträcker sig efter oändligheten och det ouppnåeliga. Den lever i sagan och drömmen...

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Fantasiestucke in Callots Manier (1814/15)Jaques Callot, Ritter Gluck, Kreisleriana, Don Juan, Nachricht von den neuesten Schicksalen des Hundes Berganza, Der Magnetiseur, Der goldne Topf, Die Abenteuer der Silvester-Nacht, KreislerianaDie Elixier...

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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 M...

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Blodtörstiga munkar, vansinniga dubbelgångare, frestande droger, fördömda själar, besatt kärlek: E. T. A. Hoffmanns Djävulsdrogen (Die Elixiere des Teufels, 1815) är ett totaläventyr som inte saknar några av skräckgotikens mustiga kryddor. Romanen...

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"e;Der goldene Topf"e; ist eine romantische Novelle von E. T. A. Hoffmann, die 1814 erstmals erschien und 1819 vom Autor uberarbeitet wurde. Die Novelle gilt als das erfolgreichste Werk Hoffmanns. Der Autor hat dem Werk die Gattungsbezeich...

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In this glorious new edition, acclaimed children's book author and editor Janet Schulman returns to the source, E.T.A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice." Renee Graef adds her own enchantment with stunning jewel-like paintin...

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E.T.A. Hoffman's wildly original fictions are some of the most unusual examples of German Romanticism's dark passions, and the stories in Tales of Hoffman are selected and translated from the German with an introduction by R.J. Hollingdale in Peng...

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Tomcat Murr is a loveable, self-taught animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed and spliced with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off and al...

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Tomcat Murr is a loveable, self-taught animal who has written his own autobiography. But a printer's error causes his story to be accidentally mixed and spliced with a book about the composer Johannes Kreisler. As the two versions break off and al...

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E. T. A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816)" is a fairy tale of a young girl's magical dream, filled with stories with dark undertone. In 1844, Dumas adapted the tale as a children's story, which is now well known as a b...

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The story that inspired the legendary ballet, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving as a gift. Written in 1816 by the German Romantic E. T. A. Hoffmann for his children, nephews and nieces, The Nutcracker captures better th...

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Hoffmann is among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics. This selection, while stressing the variety of his work, puts in the foreground those tales in which the real and the supernatural are brought into contact and conflict. The ...

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Ranging from macabre fantasies to fairy tales and tales of crime, these stories from the author of The Nutcracker create a rich fictional world. Hoffman paints a complex vision of humanity, where people struggle to establish identities in a hostil...

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Ranging from macabre fantasies to fairy tales and tales of crime, these stories from the author of The Nutcracker create a rich fictional world. Hoffman paints a complex vision of humanity, where people struggle to establish identities in a hostil...

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"Strange man, how can you have eyes for sale? Eyes? Eyes?" ' The disturbing tale of a young man's obsession with the Sandman, stealer of eyes, which has inspired writers from Sigmund Freud to Neil Gaiman. One of 46 new books in the bests...

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"e;Strange man, how can you have eyes for sale? Eyes? Eyes?"e; 'The disturbing tale of a young man's obsession with the Sandman, stealer of eyes, which has inspired writers from Sigmund Freud to Neil Gaiman.One of 46 new books in the bests...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

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"A classic, new and complete. One of the ten best illustrated children's books of the year." -- New York Times Book Review The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, composers, and au...

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Hoffmann's classic Christmas fairy tale, immortalized by Tchaikovsky's ballet, is brought to life by the gorgeous contemporary artwork of Finnish illustrator Sanna Annukka, and is the perfect holiday gift for adults and children alike. The Nutcrac...

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Originally written in the early twentieth century, the story of a little girl's love for an enchanted nutcracker has delighted generations of readers, while the Tchaikovsky ballet based on the tale has become a holiday tradition.Now young children...

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E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was perhaps one of the two or three greatest of all writers of fantasy. His wonderful tales, translated into many languages and adapted into numerous stage works, have delighted readers for a century and a half. They ...

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of Hoffmann's most important stories: "Nutcracker and the King of Mice," "The Golden Flowerpot," etc.

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scenes from beloved classic: Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum's, adventures in Christmas Wood, Candytown, Marzipan Castle, more.

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Delightful tale of a little girl's love for an enchanted nutcracker in a specially abridged edition.

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