The King's Bride

Annotated Edition with an introduction by Paul Turner

E.T.A. Hoffmann (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2024
Alma Classics (Verlag)
978-1-84749-925-7 (ISBN)

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Happily engaged to the poet Amandus, Fräulein Anna is horrified to discover that a beautiful ring, mysteriously deposited upon her finger whilst tending her kitchen garden, forces her into marriage with the gnome Corduanspitz. Can Anna find any way of removing the ring? Will her poet lover shake off his passive demeanour and come to her aid? And has Corduanspitz truly relinquished all ties to his gnome heritage?

Around a love story very much of its time, Hoffman arranges a narrative that brings to mind the most successful elements of contemporary magical realism and surreal comedy. Always entertaining, yet capable of a focused though subtle morality, The King’s Bride brings disparate elements into a masterful harmony.

E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) was a composer, caricaturist, critic and author. His works, often bizarre and grotesque, were hugely influential on writers such as Dostoevsky, Kafka and Poe.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.09.2024
Reihe/Serie	Alma Classics 101 Pages
Übersetzer	Paul Turner
Verlagsort	Richmond
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
ISBN-10	1-84749-925-2 / 1847499252
ISBN-13	978-1-84749-925-7 / 9781847499257
Zustand	Neuware