TY - BOOK AU - Hoffmann,E.T.A. AU - Stern,Ernst TI - Die Elixiere des Teufels AV - PT PY - 2025/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Gothic fiction KW - Monks -- Fiction KW - Devil -- Fiction KW - Fantasy fiction, German N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Elixirs; Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Elixiere_des_Teufels; Release date is 2025-06-23; Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net; Originally published; Berlin: Buchverlag fürs Deutsche Haus, 1908 N2 - "Die Elixiere des Teufels: Nachgelassene Papiere des Bruders Medardus, eines..." by E. T. A. Hoffmann is a novel published in 1815. A Capuchin monk named Medardus drinks a mysterious elixir once offered to Saint Anthony by Satan, unleashing a descent into obsession and violence. As he flees his monastery, he encounters a doppelgänger, seduces noblewomen connected to his hidden past, and commits murder. His unreliable narrative blurs dreams with reality, leaving readers uncertain whether his fate is controlled by demonic forces or divine providence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76360 ER -