These stories tell of a mysterious visitor, a man terrorized by a childhood fairy tale, drawings that bring the past to life, an eccentric violin maker, an enigmatic painting, and a ghostly apparition E T A Hoffmann studied law and entered the Prussian civil service, but his over-riding ambition was to become a graphic artist and painter. This selection of his finest short stories vividly demonstrates his intense imagination and preoccupation with the supernatural, placing him at the forefront of both surrealism and the modern horror genre.
