The Elixirs of the Devil

Publication in German. «The Elixirs of Satan» – a masterpiece of the gothic novel by the outstanding German writer Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. A sophisticated plot, a phantasmagorical play of inexplicable circumstances, a mysterious atmosphere, a series of terrible crimes,... the struggle between base instincts and high moral principles. Young monk Medardus succumbs to temptation and tries the «devilish elixir», which awakens in him the basest desires and passions… E. T. A. Hoffmann showed himself to be an unparalleled master of the «terrifying» novel, astonishing the imagination of the reader with a deep insight into the mysterious inner world of man. The book is published in an unadapted version. Enjoy Hoffmann's mystical world in the original!