About this audiobook
Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Type: Classic Literature
Language: German
Literary tradition: Germany
Duration: 1h 37m
Narrator: Karlsson
Source: LibriVox / Internet Archive
This public-domain audiobook is provided for free listening.
About the Story
Nathanael becomes convinced that a figure from his childhood nightmares has returned in the form of the mysterious Coppola. As his fears grow, love, art, and mechanical illusion become tangled in a disturbing vision of reality.
E. T. A. Hoffmann's tale is a key work of German Romantic horror. Der Sandmann influenced generations of writers through its uncanny atmosphere and its questions about obsession and perception.
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Recording source: Internet Archive.