検索キーワード： "E T A Hoffmann" 短編小説

In this compilation from Skyboat Media, composers and artists, miners and soldiers, tinkerers and amateur psychologists must fend for themselves in the struggle for their own “ideal” wherein they may find either happiness and salvation, or tragedy and madness. Originally published in German from 1816-1818 and in English from 1885-1908.

'Gambler's Luck' tells the story of a young German baron who is enjoying a streak of beginner's luck at the gambling tables. As his winnings mount up, the young man is gradually becoming sucked into the addictive habit of gambling. One night a stranger appears at the gambling table and watches the baron intently. The stranger appears night after night, until the baron is infuriated and challenges the man. A later chance meeting between the two results in the stranger relating a most unusual and gripping tale....

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. This audiobook includes three short stories: 'The Mines of Falun', 'Gambler's Luck' and 'The Cremona Violin'.

E. T. A. Hoffmann beherrschte alle Spielarten der romantischen Literatur. Seine Erzählungen kreisten vor allem immer wieder um das Unbewusste und das Fantastische, aber auch um die Verlockungen und Gefahren der Künstlerexistenz. So legt der Matrose Elis in "Die Bergwerke zu Falun" seine bürgerliche Existenz ab und folgt dem Ruf der Bergkönigin. In "Ritter Gluck" dagegen wird der Erzähler durch einen Sonderling in das wahre Reich der Musik geführt und in "Rat Krespel" verbietet eben dieser Rat seiner geliebten Tochter das Singen, da sie daran sterben würde.