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Weird Tales – Gothic Nightmares & the Supernatural | E. T. A. Hoffmann | Classic Horror Audiobook Part 2
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⭐ Catholic Star–Rated Review ★★★★☆ (4.5 / 5 stars)
Weird Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann stands as a foundational work of Gothic and Romantic horror, probing the boundaries between reason and madness, conscience and temptation, reality and the demonic. Hoffmann’s stories confront the darker movements of the soul—pride, obsession, illusion, and moral fracture—while implicitly affirming the consequences of severing oneself from truth and order. Though unsettling, these tales serve as cautionary parables rather than celebrations of evil, making them valuable listening for mature audiences interested in the spiritual and psychological stakes of sin, imagination, and human freedom.
Weird Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann stands as a foundational work of Gothic and Romantic horror, probing the boundaries between reason and madness, conscience and temptation, reality and the demonic. Hoffmann’s stories confront the darker movements of the soul—pride, obsession, illusion, and moral fracture—while implicitly affirming the consequences of severing oneself from truth and order. Though unsettling, these tales serve as cautionary parables rather than celebrations of evil, making them valuable listening for mature audiences interested in the spiritual and psychological stakes of sin, imagination, and human freedom.