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 hostile, absurd world."The editors have made an excellent selection, and the result is a book of great distinction."—Denis Donoghue, New York Review of Books"The translators have proved fully equal to all the challenges o...

On Christmas Eve, Marie finds a Nutcracker doll among the family’s gifts and is charged by her parents to take special care of it. Under the cover of darkness, the Nutcracker comes to life, along with an evil Mouse King with seven heads, introducing Marie to the magical world of toys, and the brave Nutcracker who will change her life forever.E. T. A. Hoffman’s timeless and whimsical tale has become a Christmas classic since it was first published in 1816. It has been adapted numero...

El cuento relata la vida de un muchacho, Nathanaël, quien está traumatizado por la muerte de su padre, ocurrida durante su infancia. A pesar de estar comprometido, se enamora de un autómata construido por Coppelius y un cómplice.http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_hombre_de_arena_(Hoffmann)

What if a simple Christmas toy could open the door to a world of magic, danger, and unforgettable adventure? ✨ In The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, E. T. A. Hoffmann invites readers into a dazzling realm where toys come to life, dreams blend with reality, and the courage of a young girl transforms everything she believes. Follow Marie as she discovers the secret world hidden behind her beloved Nutcracker—a world filled with shimmering palaces, midnight battles, and a tyrannical Mouse King...

"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 bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - i...

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 young man's sanity is tormented by fears about a mysterious chemist, while...

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 Nutcracker captures, better than any other story, a child's wonder at Christmas.On Christmas Eve, Fritz and Marie excitedly await the arrival of Godfather Drosselmeier and the marvelous gifts he brings for them every yea...

One of five beloved Christmas classicsWritten in 1816 by one of the leaders of German Romanticism for his children, nephews, and nieces, The Nutcracker captures better than any other story a child’s wonder at Christmas. The gift of a handsomely decorated nutcracker from a mysterious uncle sets the stage for a Christmas Eve like no other for the little girl Marie. That night, Marie’s extraordinary present comes to life, defends her from the taunting Mouse K...

Hoffmann's stories highly influenced 19th-century literature, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.Hoffmann is one of the best-known representatives of German Romanticism, and a pioneer of the fantasy genre, with a taste for the macabre combined with realism that influenced such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, Nikolai Gogol, Charles Dickens, Charles Baudelaire, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka and Alfred Hitchcock.Hoffmann's work makes a considerable contribu...

Uittreksel:OP Hemelvaartsdag, ’s middags om drie uur, holde een jonge man in Dresden de Zwarte Poort door en kwam midden in een korf met appelen en koeken terecht, die een oud, leelijk wijf te koop bood, zoodat alles wat ongekneusd bleef eruit werd geslingerd en de straatjongens leutig den buit gingen verdeelen, die hun de haastige heer had toegeworpen. Op de jammerklachten, die de oude vrouw aanstemde, verlieten de geburen haar koek- en brandewijnstalletjes, omringden den jongen ma...

María y Federico están felices de celebrar la Navidad en compañía de sus papás y su padrino Cristian. Junto al árbol navideño, la pequeña encuentra a un extraño hombrecillo: el Cascanueces, quien se convertirá en un gran héroe al vencer al rey de los ratones; así se gana el cariño y el respeto de María.Este maravilloso cuento te lleva a dos mundos a la vez: uno real (la Nochebuena, la casa del Consejero de Sanidad) y otro de fantasía (el país de las Confituras, el de la Mermelada o el del ...

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 and bizarre novel, Hoffmann brilliant...