by Adelbert von Chamisso · Oneworld Classics Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847490803
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«Peter Schlemihl» is the fantastic tale by Adelbert von Chamisso, published by Oneworld Classics Ltd in paperback (120 pages, in English).
Peter Schlemihl gives his shadow to the devil for Fortunatus's purse, which provides unlimited wealth. Ridiculed and rejected for having no shadow, he realises that poverty is easier to bear than the loss of inner peace. Written as a warning for the children of Chamisso's patron, it combines the fantastic with moral reflection.
The English translation is by Leopold von Loewenstein-Wertheim. The work was originally published in 1814.
Readers of German Romantic classics and short stories with a moral undertone.
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.
