"One evening as St. Anthony was returning home and had arrived near his cell, he perceived a dark figure approaching him rapidly along the heath. As his visitant came nearer, he observed with surprise, through the holes in a torn mantle worn by the...
Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text...
E. T. A. Hoffmann is seen as a pioneer of both Romanticism and fantasy literature, and his novella, Mademoiselle de Scudéri: A Tale from the Times of Louis XIV is often cited as the first ever detective story. Hoffmans story The Sandman provided...
The charismatic monk Medardus becomes implicated in a deadly mystery against his will. As he travels towards Rome he wrestles with the enigma of his own identity while pursued by his murderous doppelganger. The monkâs only hope for salva...
In E.T.A Hoffmans Novelle "Der Sandmann", dem ersten Werk aus dem Zyklus der Nachtstücke, setzt sich der Student Nathanael mit den Ängsten aus seiner Kindheit und den Gefahren der Gegenwart auseinander. Die Figur Coppelius aus seinem...