The Sandman

Name: The Sandman
Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann

by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Psychological horror about a figure who haunts and harms sleepers through nightmares

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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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