E. T. A Hoffmann
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann is known as the master of uncanny and supernatural tales. In the novella The Devil's Elixir, Hoffmann recounts the creepy exploits of a monk who is driven to the brink of madness by a mysterious substance—and a mysterious, possibly demonic figure who bears a striking resemblance to the monk himself.
3) Weird Tales
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
E.T.A. Hoffmann was a gifted German author and composer whose most well-known work was a fantasy tale entitled The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, which inspired Tchaikovsky's famous ballet. Hoffmann also wrote dozens of tales dealing with the uncanny and the supernatural; this collection brings together a group of his most spine-chilling short works.
Author
Publisher
Caedmon
Pub. Date
p1977
Language
English
Description
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 can enjoy this beloved classic in a specially abridged version by Bob Blaisdell. Included are all the wonderful scenes and characters: Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum house, the arrival of Godpapa Drosselmeier...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hoffmann, among the greatest and most popular of the German Romantics, is renowned for his humorous and sometimes horrifying tales of supernatural beings. This selection, while stressing the variety of his work, focuses on those stories in which the real and the supernatural are brought into contact and conflict. This new translation includes The Golden Pot, The Sandman, Princess Brambilla, Master Flea, and My Cousin's Corner Window.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"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 alternate at dramatic moments, two wildly different characters emerge from the confusion - Murr, the confident scholar, lover, carouser and brawler, and the moody, hypochondriac genius Kreisler. In his exuberant...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hiddensee: An island of white sandy beaches, salt marshes, steep cliffs, and pine forests north of Berlin in the Baltic Sea. Godfather Drosselmeier, a one-eyed toy maker, presents a Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter. Klara is a young girl in distress on a dark winter evening... and everyone, however lonely or marginalized, has something precious to share.
15) The nutcracker
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"For the first time, this beloved holiday story is told based on George Balanchine's quintessential production. The storyline mimics the choreography of the famous ballet and the illustrations are inspired by the backdrops and scenery from the actual New York City Ballet production"--
16) The nutcracker
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of the popular ballet in which a little girl's love for the Nutcracker brings him to life.