Иоханн Карл Август Музеус - электронные книги

"Fantasmagoriana – Collected Tales of the Dead" were the very ghost stories that inspired and gave rise to classics like Frankenstein and The Vampyre. Originally translated from German, these tales have retained their charm, chilling effect, horror and suspense until today. Contents: The Family Portraits The Fated Hour The Death's Head The Death-Bride The Storm The Spectre-Barber or, Dumb Love Excerpt: "It is generally believed that at this time of day no one puts any faith in ghosts and apparitions. Yet, on reflection, this opinion does not appear to me quite correct: for, without alluding to workmen in mines, and the inhabitants of mountainous countries,—the former of whom believe in spectres and hobgoblins presiding over concealed treasures, and the latter in apparitions and phantoms announcing either agreeable or unfortunate tidings,—may we not ask why amongst ourselves there are certain individuals who have a dread of passing through a church-yard after night-fall? Why others experience an involuntary shuddering at entering a church, or any other large uninhabited edifice, in the dark? And, in fine, why persons who are deservedly considered as possessing courage and good sense, dare not visit at night even places where they are certain of meeting with nothing they need dread from living beings? They are ever repeating, that the living are only to be dreaded; and yet fear night, because they believe, by tradition, that it is the time which phantoms choose for appearing to the inhabitants of the earth…"

Eine Sammlung von Märchen (besser: Kunstmärchen), Legenden und Sagen in fünf Bänden, die volkstümliche (aber literarisch vermittelte!) und satirische Elemente miteinander verbindet. Inhalt: Die Bücher der Chronika der drei Schwestern Richilde Rolands Knappen Legenden von Rübezahl Die Nymphe des Brunnens Libussa Der geraubte Schleier Liebestreue Stumme Liebe Ulrich mit dem Bühel Dämon Amor Melechsala Der Schatzgräber Die Entführung

Les Contes populaires de Musaeus, écrits par Johann Karl August Musäus, illustrent brillamment la tradition du conte folklorique allemand. Musäus a réussi à capturer l'essence des contes populaires de son époque à travers des récits captivants et pleins de magie. Son style littéraire riche en détails et en imagination plonge le lecteur dans un monde fantastique rempli de personnages intrigants et d'aventures palpitantes. L'influence du romantisme allemand se ressent dans chacune des histoires, offrant une perspective unique sur la société et la culture de l'époque. Musäus, en tant que fervent admirateur du folklore allemand, a puisé dans ses propres connaissances et expériences pour créer un recueil de contes intemporels qui continuent de fasciner les lecteurs jusqu'à aujourd'hui. Les Contes populaires de Musaeus sont un incontournable pour tout amateur de littérature folklorique et de contes merveilleux, offrant non seulement un divertissement enchanteur, mais aussi un aperçu précieux de l'héritage culturel allemand.

Ein dreibändiger Briefroman, der den sentimentalen Roman "Geschichte des Sir Charles Grandison" von Samuel Richardson parodiert.