Klaas Vaak en andere verhalen

by E.T.A. Hoffmann

311 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, better known by his pen name E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffman appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.

Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Verhalen wisselend in kwaliteit en, nogal, in lengte. Sommige eindeloos uitgesponnen in de stijl van de romantiek, sommige strakker ; meeslepende gothic. Duivelsachtige figuren die de mensen verleiden komen veel voor. Er zit ook een prettige groteske humor in

[Dagpauwoogvlinder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairy Tales were truly something different

[Vanity Celis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Der Sandmann >>>>