E. T. A. Hoffmann has 5 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.5★ across 4 ratings. The most-rated is The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Summary
Tony Robinson stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's renowned Christmas story, which inspired Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.
It is Christmas Eve, and young Mary and Fred are opening presents from their godfather, Drosselmeier the toymaker. Mary's favourite gift is a nutcracker soldier, and she is disappointed when his jaw breaks on a particularly hard nut.
She puts him away carefully, promising that Drosselmeier will mend him - and at that moment he seems to come alive. Surely she is just imagining things. But as the grandfather clock begins to chime midnight, all her toys spring to life! Led by the Nutcracker, they rush into battle with an army of mice who emerge from beneath the floorboards - including the seven-headed Mouse King....
Hoffmann's classic children's tale is adapted by Brian Sibley (who also dramatised The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia for radio). Starring Tony Robinson as the Nutcracker, Edward de Souza as Drosselmeier, Eric Allen as the Mouse King and Angela Shaftoe as Mary, it is sure to delight fans of Tchaikovsy's famous ballet - and anyone who loves the magic of a good fairy tale.
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Der goldene Topf
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Der Student Anselmus ist hin- und hergerissen zwischen den Idealen bürgerlicher Bildung und den Sehnsüchten der Poesie. Er begegnet dem Archivar Lindhorst, der ihn in ein fantstisches Reich voller wundersamer Ereignisse und Empfindungen führt. Doch diese zauberhafte Welt ist bedroht: Das Symbol verheißenden Glücks, ein goldener Topf, wird gestohlen, und nur unter Aufbietung aller Kräfte gelingt es Lindhorst, ihn zurückzugewinnen und Anselmus von den Fesseln bürgerlicher Enge zu befreien. Hoffmans betörend märchenhafte Novelle über die Macht der Poesie ist ein Glanzstück der romantischen Literatur.
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The Best German Short Stories
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A golden collection of gems from classic German literature, ranging from early Sturm und Drang, through Gothic horror, to some of the finest stories from later German Romanticism."The Criminal from Lost Honour", by Friedrich Schiller"The Story of Brave Kasper and Fair Annie", by Clemens Brentano"The Mad Veteran of Fort Ratonneau" by Ludwig Achim von Arnim"The Jew’s Beech Tree", by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff"The Severed Hand", by Wilhelm Hauff"The Mines of Falun", by E. T. A. Hoffmann"Story", by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"The Scholar", by Ludwig Tieck"Immensee", by Theodor Storm
Public Domain (P)2014 Red Door Audiobooks
Die Geschichte vom verlornen Spiegelbilde
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Diese Hörbuch enthält die vier Geschichten aus der Feder von E.T.A. Hoffmann: Die Geschichte vom verlornen Spiegelbilde, Stimmen der Meister, Das fremde Kind, Unser Reich ist nicht von dieser Welt.
©1979 SWR (P)1979 SWR
Gambler's Luck
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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. 'Gambler's Luck' tells the story of a young German baron who is enjoying a streak of beginner's luck at the gambling tables. As his winnings mount up, the young man is gradually becoming sucked into the addictive habit of gambling. One night a stranger appears at the gambling table and watches the baron intently. The stranger appears night after night, until the baron is infuriated and challenges the man. A later chance meeting between the two results in the stranger relating a most unusual and gripping tale....
Public Domain (P)2018 Red Door Audiobooks