author
E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
1776–1822
Known for stories where the eerie and the everyday collide, this German Romantic writer helped shape modern fantasy, horror, and detective fiction. He also lived an unusually varied life as a jurist, composer, music critic, and artist.
21 Audiobooks
Deutsche Humoristen, 2. Band (von 8)
by Clemens Brentano, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann, Heinrich Zschokke
Lebensansichten des Katers Murr nebst fragmentarischer Biographie des Kapellmeisters Johannes Kreisler in zufälligen Makulaturblättern
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Der Goldene Topf
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Martti mestari ja hänen kisällinsä
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
De Gouden Vaas
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Weird Tales. Vol. 1 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Deutsche Humoristen, 6. Band (von 8) Humoristische Erzählungen
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann, Bettina von Arnim, Adolph Bayersdorfer, Friedrich Theodor Fischer, Ludwig Thoma, Henry F. Urban
Nachtstücke
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober: Ein Märchen
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Kiusanhenki: Satu
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Outo intohimo: Kertomus Ludvig XIV:n ajalta
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Serapion Brethren, Vol. II
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Hunnutettu nainen
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Pähkinänrusentaja ja hiirikuningas
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Weird Tales, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I.
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Die Elixiere des Teufels : Nachgelassene Papiere des Bruders Medardus, eines Kapuziners
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Markiisittaren rikos
by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
About the author
Born in Königsberg in 1776 and later active in Berlin, E. T. A. Hoffmann moved through the world as both a civil servant and a restless artist. He was trained in law and worked as a jurist, but he also composed music, wrote criticism, drew caricatures, and created fiction filled with dream logic, satire, and sudden unease.
His best-known works include The Sandman, often seen as an early landmark of horror fiction, and The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the tale that later inspired The Nutcracker ballet. Hoffmann’s stories often blur the line between reality and imagination, mixing the comic with the uncanny in a way that still feels fresh.
A major figure of German Romanticism, he has influenced writers, composers, and artists far beyond his own century. Even readers coming to him for the first time often find that his work feels surprisingly modern: strange, playful, unsettling, and deeply interested in the hidden life of the mind.