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The Mines of Falun
The Mines of Falun
The Mines of Falun
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The Mines of Falun

Written by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776 – 1822), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.

His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement."The Mines of Falun" tells the story of Elis Fröbom, a sailor, who returns from the East Indies to Gotherburg in Sweden, only to discover that his mother has died and he is alone in the world. He tells his story to an old miner who befriends him on the quay, and the miner tells him about the magical mines of Falun and urges him to become a miner. Soon after this, he sets out on a journey, and constantly sees the mysterious old miner ahead of him, showing him the way, and he realises that he is on the way to Falun.Once there he is taken into the house of the mine owner, Pehrson Dahlsjö, and falls in love with his lovely daughter, Ulla Dahlsjö. But the ghostly old miner will not permit Elis to be distracted from mining by his love for an earthly woman, and Elis is torn between his love for Ulla and his obsession with the underground world of fires and minerals. It is this obsession, and the pull of the ghost of the miner, which leads to his destruction.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 26, 2014
ISBN9781467681919
The Mines of Falun
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E.T.A. Hoffmann

Der Name E.T.A. Hoffmann steht wie kaum ein anderer für die deutsche Romantik. In der Person des Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (eigentlich Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann) kommt die Vielschichtigkeit der Übergangsperiode um 1800 in Deutschland zum Ausdruck, die der hauptberufliche Jurist als Dichter, Komponist, Kritiker und Karikaturist in all ihren Facetten beschrieben hat. Geboren am 24. Januar 1776 in Königsberg (Preußen) und gestorben am 25. Juni 1822 in Berlin, ist sein Leben wie ein Spiegel der epochalen Umwälzung von der Klassik in das bürgerliche 19. Jahrhundert hinein. Das ihm eigene Gespür für die psycho-sozialen Komponenten der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung machen sein Lebenswerk zeitlos wertvoll.

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    Great story, the reading - disaster. Whoever confirmed this should be published has never read a book in their lives. The tone is too much and it’s distractingly annoying.