One day I thought I’d download an old English version of The Sandman by Hoffmann because I heard it was good. This collection contains ten of his best "The Golden Flower Pot," "Automata," "A New Year's Eve Adventure," "Nutcracker and the King of Mice," "The Sand-Man," "Rath Krespel," "Tobias Martin, Master Cooper, and His Men," "The Mines of Falun," "Signor Formica," and "The King's Betrothed." They can be read on many levels of enjoyment as exciting fiction brilliantly told, as a fascinating statement of many of the major concerns of the Romantic era, and as a culmination of German Romantic literature. These qualities make his tales some of the most stimulating and enjoyable in the world's literature. His imaginativeness is unsurpassed, and his handling of allegory, symbolism, and mysticism is unusually skillful. With exciting speed, Hoffmann moves from the firm ground of reality to ambiguity, mystery, and romance. Remarkable characters come vividly to life. They open our eyes to an extraordinary world of fantasy, poetry, and the supernatural. His wonderful tales, translated into many languages and adapted into numerous stage works, have delighted readers for a century and a half. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was perhaps one of the two or three greatest of all writers of fantasy.
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