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“He then related a regular romance, with a plot and incidents such as only the most imaginative poet could have constructed. The characters and events stood out with such a vivid, plastic relief, that...

I have no dread of the terror of the deepest solitude. It is only there that a life like this can dawn upon the pious soul.`“Serapion, who had spoken with genuine priestly unction, raised,...

Our old discussion would go on forever. Then there is another point which you ought seriously to consider. You must, I should suppose, perceive that I, who am talking with you, am leading the...

And such is my fortune also. Every now and then there appear to me emissaries, sent by Satan, who try to persuade me that I am Count P of M, and that I ought...

“ `That was so,` said Serapion, turning pale, and his eyes glowing with a somber fire. `But Serapion the martyr, had no connection with that monk, who, in the fury of his asceticism, did...

“Thus equipped, I set out one fine morning in search of my anchorite. “I found him working in his garden with hoe and spade, singing a devotional song. Wild pigeons, for which he had...

He was taken to the lunatic asylum at B, and there the methodical system, based upon profound psychological knowledge, pursued by the medical man then in charge of that institution, succeeded in bringing about...

“With which he arose and walked down into the ravine.“I felt as if I must be in a dream. Presently I heard the sound of wheels close by. I made my way through the...

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776—1822)Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a master of one particular type of short story, which was to a great extent a product of the romantic tendencies of his times. His...

The Princes` Isles is an area where the natura is best preserved in Istanbul.BuyukadaBuyukada; the island of monks retired into seclusion, the center of Adalar district, the biggest of the nine islands is a...