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      Tales of Hoffmann

      by Ernst Theodor Hoffman
      Published
      Sep 1982
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      A lawyer by day and a creator of a world of fantasy by night, Hoffman (1776-1822) lived a Jekyll and Hyde existence. Many of the characters in his stories are subject to a similar split personality.
       
      The duality of his nature is frequently reflected in some of his characters—Cardillac the goldsmith in Mademoiselle de Scudéry and Nathaniel in The Sandman, for example. Cardillac is a virtuous, industrious man by day but a violent criminal at night, while Nathaniel, obsessed by a childhood fantasy, is driven to madness and cruelty.
       
      These tales can be read on several levels: as an expression of the concerns of the Romantic era, as impressive examples of German Romantic literature and as exciting works of fiction made all the more extraordinary by their concern with the supernatural and the bizarre.

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      First Edition Sep 1982 Penguin ISBN13 9780140443929 ISBN10 0140443924
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      May 2004 Penguin ISBN10 B002RI939M
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