Hoffman's «Weird Tales» is a brilliant collection of his best works, including the world-known stories like «Mademoiselle De Scuderi,» «The Nutcracker and The Mouse King,» and also one of the first horror stories in the romantic literature «The Sandman.» Hoffman's protagonists are romantic and brave representatives of the epoch. He writes about artists, musicians, poets, and also noble people of trade. His characters live in the era when men fight on duels and women faint to stress their fragility. The range of his characters is stunning. It includes the lady detective Mademoiselle De Scuderi, a mysterious Sandman who steals the eyes of those who don't want to go to bed, and an opera singer Signor Formica. Each of the presented stories has a unique character and belongs to the most valuable pieces of the world's literature that never cease to be topical, intriguing, captivating, and inspiring.
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E. T. A. Hoffmann. Weird Tales
Weird Tales
Table of Contents
Volume 1
THE CREMONA VIOLIN
FOOTNOTES TO "THE CREMONA VIOLIN":
THE FERMATA
FOOTNOTES TO "THE FERMATA":
SIGNOR FORMICA.1
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
FOOTNOTES TO "SIGNOR FORMICA": PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART VI
THE SAND-MAN.1
NATHANAEL TO LOTHAIR
CLARA TO NATHANAEL
NATHANAEL TO LOTHAIR
FOOTNOTES TO "THE SAND-MAN":
THE ENTAIL
FOOTNOTES TO "THE ENTAIL":
ARTHUR'S HALL.1
FOOTNOTES TO "ARTHUR'S HALL":
Volume 2
THE DOGE AND DOGESS.1
FOOTNOTES TO "THE DOGE AND DOGESS."
MASTER MARTIN, THE COOPER, AND HIS JOURNEYMAN.1
FOOTNOTES TO "MASTER MARTIN, THE COOPER":
MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDÉRI. A TALE OF THE TIMES OF LOUIS XIV
FOOTNOTES TO "MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDÉRI":
GAMBLER'S LUCK
FOOTNOTES TO "GAMBLER'S LUCK":
MASTER JOHANNES WACHT.1
FOOTNOTES TO "MASTER JOHANNES WACHT":
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.1
FOOTNOTES TO "BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE":
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"Stop!" replied Salvator, "don't sin against either your art or your picture. I don't believe a word about the terrible misfortune which, you say, has befallen you. You are in love, and I presume you can't get all your wishes gratified at once, on the spur of the moment; that's all it is. Lovers are like children; they scream and cry if anybody only just touches their doll. Have done, I pray you, with that lamentation, for I tell you I can't do with it. Come now, sit yourself down there and quietly tell me all about your fair Magdalene, and give me the history of your love affair, and let me know what are the stones of offence that we have to remove, for I promise you my help beforehand. The more adventurous the schemes are which we shall have to undertake, the more I shall like them. In fact, my blood is coursing hotly in my veins again, and my regimen requires that I engage in a few wild pranks. But go on with your story, Antonio, and as I said, let's have it quietly without any sighs and lamentations, without any Ohs! and Ahs!"
Antonio took his seat on the stool which Salvator had pushed up to the easel at which he was working, and began as follows:—
