Hoffmann, E. T. A.  1776-1822, <br/><br/>
The Sandman / 
E.T.A. Hoffman ; translated by Christopher Moncrieff. 
 - 98 pages ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/> Translated from the German.  First published in German in 1816. 
<br/><br/> GENERAL & LITERARY FICTION. The young student Nathanael remains haunted by his childhood fears: he is convinced that Coppelius, a strange night-time visitor who used to come to his house to conduct alchemical experiments with his father  -  the latter dying as a consequence of one of these sessions  -  was none other than the Sandman, a mythical figure who was said to steal the eyes of children who refused to go to sleep. When a mysterious Italian salesman with a beautiful daughter moves into town, Nathanael's suspicions are reawakened, pushing him to the brink of madness as extraordinary event unfold. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781847493279 (paperback) 1847493270 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hoffmann, E. T. A. 1776-1822 --Translations into English.