The Sandman / E.T.A. Hoffman ; translated by Christopher Moncrieff.
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TextPublisher: Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom : Alma Classics, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 98 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847493279 (paperback); 1847493270 (paperback)Uniform titles: Sandmann. English. Subject(s): Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 -- Translations into EnglishSummary: 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.
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Translated from the German.
First published in German in 1816.
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.
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