The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 1 (of 2) by E. T. A. Hoffmann
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"The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by E. T. A. Hoffmann is a novel published in 1815. A Capuchin monk named Medardus drinks a cursed elixir that once belonged to Saint Anthony, awakening dangerous desires within him. Haunted by a mysterious doppelgänger and ignorant of his own dark family history, he abandons his monastery to pursue forbidden love. His journey spirals into murder, mistaken identities, and madness as fate—or perhaps something
more sinister—manipulates his every step. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822 |
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| Translator | Gillies, R. P. (Robert Pearse), 1788-1858 |
| Title | The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 1 (of 2) |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Elixirs |
| Note | Abridged translation of first part of: Die Elixiere des Teufels. |
| Credits |
Produced by Irma pehar, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Gothic fiction |
| Subject | Monks -- Fiction |
| Subject | Devil -- Fiction |
| Subject | Fantasy fiction, German -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 36494 |
| Release Date | Jun 22, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 7, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 571 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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