E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr

Satirical narrative of a learned tomcat's life and romantic misadventures

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E.T.A. Hoffmann

German Romantic author whose fantastical tales influenced generations of later writers from Poe to Kafka. The Nutcracker, The Sandman, and his other supernatural stories blend the uncanny with sharp social satire.

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