The Elixirs of the Devil

Edition 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 phantasmagoric play of inexplicable circumstances, a mysterious atmosphere, a series of horrific 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 proved himself to be an unmatched master of the «horrific» novel, astonishing the reader's imagination with 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!