The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2) by E. T. A. Hoffmann
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"The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by E. T. A. Hoffmann is a novel published in 1815. This Gothic tale follows Medardus, a Capuchin monk who succumbs to temptation after drinking Satan's elixir. His journey spirals into obsession, murder, and madness as he encounters his mysterious doppelgänger and becomes entangled with forbidden love. Blurring reality and dream, Hoffmann probes the darkest depths of the human psyche in this ambiguous narrative that
can be read as either a story of fate's cruel manipulation or Christian redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Gillies, R. P. (Robert Pearse), 1788-1858 |
| Title | The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Elixirs |
| Note | Abridged translation of second part of: Die Elixiere des Teufels. |
| Credits |
Produced by Irma pehar, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Gothic fiction |
| Subject | Monks -- Fiction |
| Subject | Devil -- Fiction |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction, German -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 37005 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-37005-7 |
| Release Date | Aug 8, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 392 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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