Tales of Hoffmann
- ISBN-10
- 0140443924
- ISBN-13
- 9780140443929
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 411
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Authors
- Ernst Theodor Hoffman, Stella Humphries, Vernon Humphries
Description
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
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