The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2) by E. T. A. Hoffmann

"The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2)" by E. T. A. Hoffmann is a novel published in 1815. This Gothic tale follows Medardus, a Capuchin monk who succumbs to temptation after drinking Satan's elixir. His journey spirals into obsession, murder, and madness as he encounters his mysterious doppelgänger and becomes entangled with forbidden love. Blurring reality and dream, Hoffmann probes the darkest depths of the human psyche in this ambiguous narrative that can be read as either a story of fate's cruel manipulation or Christian redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822
Translator Gillies, R. P. (Robert Pearse), 1788-1858
Title The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Elixirs
Note Abridged translation of second part of: Die Elixiere des Teufels.
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Gothic fiction
Subject Monks -- Fiction
Subject Devil -- Fiction
Subject Fantasy fiction, German -- Translations into English
Category Text
EBook-No. 37005
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 8, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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