This recording includes both volumes of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Weird Tales, a collection of gothic novellas set in Germany, Italy, and some of the wilder parts of Europe. What there is of the supernatural in these tales is introduced with great subtlety if at all; most of the stories draw their "weirdness" from extraordinary characters, circumstances, or coincidences rather than from the paranormal, working out dark passions in dark settings. There are two themes dominating almost every one of these stories: not only the passion of young tragic love, but also a passion for Art in its every manifestation. With an almost religious fervor, Hoffmann builds each of his stories on a veneration for poetry, painting, craftsmanship, music. It is perhaps this passion for Art for Art's sake that made the stories of Hoffmann so profoundly influential on later writers, from the Bronte sisters of England to the Serapion Brethren and Marina Tsvetaeva of revolutionary Russia. (Summary by Expatriate)
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I. The Cremona Violin, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 19:23
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I. The Cremona Violin, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 20:42
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I. The Cremona Violin, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 20:34
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II. The Fermata, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 24:46
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II. The Fermata, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 27:15
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 1 Read by Expatriate 30:20
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 2, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 19:23
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 2, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 21:31
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 3, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 17:11
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 3, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 16:50
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 4, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 18:48
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 4, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 15:22
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 5, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 20:23
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 5, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 20:49
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 6, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 16:10
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III. Signor Formica, Ch. 6, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 16:18
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IV. The Sandman, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 22:05
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IV. The Sandman, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 17:22
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IV. The Sandman, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 23:09
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IV. The Sandman, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 17:19
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IV. The Sandman, Sec. 5 Read by Expatriate 15:43
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V. The Entail, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 23:21
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V. The Entail, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 20:40
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V. The Entail, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 22:39
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V. The Entail, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 21:19
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V. The Entail, Sec. 5 Read by Expatriate 21:31
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V. The Entail, Sec. 6 Read by Expatriate 23:00
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V. The Entail, Sec. 7 Read by Expatriate 23:51
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V. The Entail, Sec. 8 Read by Expatriate 21:28
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V. The Entail, Sec. 9 Read by Expatriate 23:16
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V. The Entail, Sec. 10 Read by Expatriate 19:57
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VI. Arthur's Hall, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 18:34
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VI. Arthur's Hall, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 20:20
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VI. Arthur's Hall, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 19:52
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VI. Arthur's Hall, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 17:27
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VII. The Doge & Dogess, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 23:22
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VII. The Doge & Dogess, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 21:14
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VII. The Doge & Dogess, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 18:24
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VII. The Doge & Dogess, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 19:23
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VII. The Doge & Dogess, Sec. 5 Read by Expatriate 17:09
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VII. The Doge & Dogess, Sec. 6 Read by Expatriate 17:41
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VII. The Doge & Dogess, Sec. 7 Read by Expatriate 18:33
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 16:49
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 17:49
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 15:55
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 20:01
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 5 Read by Expatriate 13:09
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 6 Read by Expatriate 20:21
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 7 Read by Expatriate 14:31
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 8 Read by Expatriate 18:08
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VIII. Master Martin the Cooper & His Journeyman, Sec. 9 Read by Expatriate 19:07
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 15:38
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 16:21
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 15:53
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 17:36
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 5 Read by Expatriate 17:23
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 6 Read by Expatriate 17:06
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 7 Read by Expatriate 18:14
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 8 Read by Expatriate 16:37
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 9 Read by Expatriate 16:38
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 10 Read by Expatriate 17:49
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IX. Mademoiselle de Scudéri, Sec. 11 Read by Expatriate 16:59
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X. Gambler's Luck, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 17:51
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X. Gambler's Luck, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 19:12
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X. Gambler's Luck, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 19:32
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X. Gambler's Luck, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 18:53
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XI. Master Johannes Wacht, Sec. 1 Read by Expatriate 18:59
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XI. Master Johannes Wacht, Sec. 2 Read by Expatriate 17:05
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XI. Master Johannes Wacht, Sec. 3 Read by Expatriate 18:12
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XI. Master Johannes Wacht, Sec. 4 Read by Expatriate 19:42
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XI. Master Johannes Wacht, Sec. 5 Read by Expatriate 19:53
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XI. Master Johannes Wacht, Sec. 6 Read by Expatriate 17:49
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XI. Master Johannes Wacht, Sec. 7 Read by Expatriate 19:02
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