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  The Lost Reflection - A New...

  E T A Hoffmann

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  Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffman was born on the 24th January 1776, the youngest of three children, in Königsberg, then in Prussia but now part of the Kaliningrad Russian enclave. 
   
  His parents separated when he was two and for many years life was to be provincial and, despite his talents for the creative arts and the classics, much was passing him by. 
   
  At 20 Hoffman obtained employment as a clerk and to the art that now surrounded him.  Two years later he was in Berlin attempting a career as a composer with an operetta called ‘Die Maske’.  His gift for drawing caricatures and sharing them often got him into trouble that was easier to avoid. 
   
  The years of Napoleon ravaging Europe were bad for Hoffman; he moved often and took on works as varied as theatre management and music critic.  In this his talents were now more evident.  His works on Beethoven where highly regarded by the master himself. 
   
  His literary breakthrough came in 1809, with ‘Ritter Gluck’, about a man who believes he has met the composer 20 years after his death.  However the various jobs and the wars continued and plagued any career advancement despite his constant travel for opportunities, often through dangerous territories. 
   
  In the wake of Napoleon’s defeat in 1814, Hoffmann returned to Berlin where his opera ‘Undine’ was performed by the Berlin Theatre.  Life was now more settled and many of his most famous works were written at his time. 
   
  From 1819, Hoffmann was struggling with both legal disputes and ill health.  Alcohol abuse and syphilis were physically weakening him and from 1822 paralysis set in.  His last works were dictated to his wife or to a secretary as all around him society descended into an anti-liberal agenda, stifling dissent with threats of legal action and even treason.  The ailing Hoffman was among them. 
   
  E T A Hoffmann died on the 25th June 1822 in Berlin of syphilis.  He was 46.

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  King Sorrow: Book summary &...

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas. 
   
  Immerse yourself in King Sorrow, a spellbinding tale of loss, redemption, and the alchemy of grief. When a forgotten heir returns to a kingdom drained of its vitality, he must master a power born of sorrow to shatter cruel enchantments and restore hope to a land teetering on the brink of despair. 
  This audiobook carries you from torchlit citadel halls to storm-lashed mountain peaks, blending pulse-pounding magical confrontations with moments of poignant reflection. You’ll witness the transformation of pain into purpose as our hero weaves threads of compassion and resilience into a tapestry powerful enough to topple tyranny.

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  Evil Clergyman The (The Work of...

  H. P. Lovecraft

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  "The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story. The story was later adapted into the unreleased 1987 anthology film Pulse Pounders. The letter, to his friend Bernard Austin Dwyer, recounted a dream that Lovecraft had had. Although Lovecraft frequently based stories on his dreams, An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia notes that " is difficult to say how HPL would have developed this conventional supernatural scenario.

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  The Valley of Spiders

  H. G. Wells

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  A haunting journey into a forgotten valley... where the wind carries terror. 
  In this gripping tale from science fiction master H.G. Wells, three relentless pursuers chase a fleeing girl and her companion across a desolate wilderness—only to enter a remote valley shrouded in silence, stillness... and something far worse. As drifting globes of cobweb descend like ghostly invaders, the hunters become the hunted in a surreal battle against monstrous, skyborne spiders. 
  Tense, atmospheric, and disturbingly prophetic, The Valley of Spiders is a masterclass in creeping dread and moral unraveling—blending the stark frontier of a Western with the strange unease of cosmic horror. 
  Narrated with chilling clarity by Myriam Berger, this classic short story lingers long after the final word.

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  The Raven and Other Assorted...

  Edgar Allen Poe

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  A conglomeration of the most prolific works of Edgar Allen Poe. A series of the macabre and horrible. The dabbling of poetic symmetry with that of the inevitability of death.

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  Black Wood Women: A spellbinding...

  Michael Stewart

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  We know the truths men have forgotten… 
  ‘Visceral, twisting, propulsive – Black Wood Women begs to be devoured’ Stacey Halls 
  'Grim and glorious' Daily Mail 
  'Will leave you breathless’ Sunday Post 
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  The last wolf in England hunts for prey. Exhausted, hungry and alone, she fears for the litter of pups she carries, and the men who seek to wipe her out. 
  Yorkshire, 1649. 
  Since they fled Ireland, Caragh and her family have hidden their true identities to enable them to start a new life in England. But when Caragh finds her parents brutally murdered by a Protestant determined to rid the area of Catholics, she must flee again. 
  Travelling east, she comes to a forest, where she meets a coven of women who wear their hair loose and refuse to follow men’s rules. 
  Having found acceptance at last, Caragh is unaware that a different kind of persecution stalks the black wood women, and their days in the forest are numbered. 
  In this literary masterpiece by Sunday Times bestselling author, Michael Stewart, the supernatural elements blend seamlessly with the rural environment, creating a unique narrative. The story, set in a small town during the renaissance, explores the occult and the power of nature, making Black Wood Women a compelling read. 
  For fans of S. P. Muir (The Evil in Time), Christopher Hardy (How Not to Drown a Cat), Jean Rhys (The Collected Short Stories), Ben Myers (Cuddy), and Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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