Издание на немецком языке. «Эликсиры Сатаны» – шедевр готического романа выдающегося немецкого писателя Эрнста Теодора Амадея Гофмана. Изощренный сюжет, фантасмагорическая игра необъяснимых обстоятельств, таинственная атмосфера, череда страшных преступлений, борьба между низменными инстинктами и высокими нравственными началами....

Kat Menschiks kongeniale Interpretation der Bergwerke zu Falun. Durchdringend flammt der Blick aus den bernsteinfarbenen Augen des alten Bergmanns in Kat Menschiks Portrat. Er verhei?...

Eine frohliche Weihnachten - A Merry Christmas - made all the more joyful with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, roast goose and red cabbage, tinsel and stollen cakes, accompanied by plenty of schnapps....

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As Paris is shaken by a spate of murderous robberies, the aristocratic Mademoiselle de Scuderi pens a poem to poke fun at the cowardly lovers who now fear to go out at night to see their mistresses....

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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 other than the Sandman, a mythical figure who was said to steal the eyes of children who refus...

The son of a heinous sinner, Medardus is brought up in a monastery to atone for his father’s wicked ways. However, after succumbing to temptation, Medardus himself is lured into a life of sin....

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On Christmas Eve, Fritz and Marie excitedly await the arrival of Godfather Drosselmeier and the marvellous gifts he brings for them every year....

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Characterised by Hoffmann\"s remarkable ingenuity and attention to detail, it has been the inspiration for a host of thriller and crime writers. Parisian goldsmith Monsieur Cardillac is a genius at his craft. Greatly admired throughout Paris, he......

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