by Adelbert von Chamisso · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253136507
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«L'Étrange histoire de Peter Schlemihl» is the novel by Adelbert von Chamisso, published by Livre de Poche in paperback (128 pages, in French).
Peter Schlemihl sells his shadow to a mysterious character, who turns out to be the devil, in exchange for a purse that never stops producing money. Wealth does not restore normality: without a shadow, people reject him and turn him into an outcast. The tale, fantastic and allegorical in tone, reflects on identity, solitude and the price of economic power.
The work was originally published in 1814. This 1995 French edition belongs to the Libretti collection of Le Livre de Poche.
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His short story "The Sandman" is seen as a pioneering work of horror fiction, while his novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi is regarded as one of the earliest examples of crime fiction.
