The Fermata

‘The Fermata’ (1885) is a ‘weird tale’ written by the German romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ (1816) which inspired Tchaikovsky’s opera ‘The Nutcracker’.

This classic short horror story is perfect for fans of horror and fantasy fiction and the authors H. P. Lovecraft and Neil Gaiman.

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776-1822), better known as E. T. A. Hoffmann, was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror. He was also a composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.

Hoffmann's stories inspired several famous operatic composers, including Richard Wagner, Jacques Offenbach and Léo Delibes. He is also the author of the novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’, on which Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet, ‘The Nutcracker’ is based. The story also inspired the film ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ (2018), starring Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren.

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The Fermata

‘The Fermata’ (1885) is a ‘weird tale’ written by the German romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ (1816) which inspired Tchaikovsky’s opera ‘The Nutcracker’.

This classic short horror story is perfect for fans of horror and fantasy fiction and the authors H. P. Lovecraft and Neil Gaiman.

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776-1822), better known as E. T. A. Hoffmann, was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror. He was also a composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.

Hoffmann's stories inspired several famous operatic composers, including Richard Wagner, Jacques Offenbach and Léo Delibes. He is also the author of the novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’, on which Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet, ‘The Nutcracker’ is based. The story also inspired the film ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ (2018), starring Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren.

  1. The Nutcracker

    E T A Hoffmann

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  2. Nutcracker and Mouse King

    E T A Hoffmann

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  3. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King : A Magical Holiday Tale – Unabridged Classic Edition for All Ages

    E T A Hoffmann, Zenith Horizon Publishing

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  4. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King : The Classic Story That Inspired the Beloved Ballet—Now Restored for Modern Readers

    E T A Hoffmann, Zenith Golden Quill

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  5. Casse-Noisette et le Roi des souris - Livre Audio

    E T A Hoffmann, Livres audio en français

    audiobook
  6. L'Homme au sable - Livre Audio

    E T A Hoffmann, Livres audio en français

    audiobook
  7. El hombre de arena (completo)

    E T A Hoffmann

    audiobook
  8. The Classic Collection of E.T.A. Hoffmann : The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Golden Pot

    E T A Hoffmann

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  9. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Christmas Classics Series) : Fantasy Classic

    E T A Hoffmann

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  10. The Big Book of Christmas Tales : Ultimate Anthology - Over 500 Christmas Tales, Novels, Poems, Carols & Myths

    Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Selma Lagerlöf, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Louisa May Alcott, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Alphonse Daudet, Guy De Maupassant, Benito Pérez Galdós, Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, Bret Harte, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O.Henry, Saki, Susan Coolidge, Edgar Wallace, E T A Hoffmann, Robert E. Howard, William Butler Yeats, Henry van Dyke, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alfred Lord Tennyson, George MacDonald

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  11. El Violín de Cremona : Obsesión y misterio en la música de Cremona

    E T A Hoffmann

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  12. Contes fantastiques V

    E.T.A. Hoffmann

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