This edition presents the novel 'The Devil's Elixirs,' dedicated to Hoffmann's favorite theme: the destructive power of the dark side of the human personality. Moreover, the invasion of evil into the human soul is caused by both hereditary causes and the action of external, demonic supernatural forces. The main character, the monk Medardus, accidentally tastes a mysterious liquid from a crystal flask and becomes an unwitting bearer of evil. The narrative, told from his point of view, allows you to follow the monastery's passages and cells, and then through the colorful world, and experience everything that the monk endured in a life of horror, horror, madness, and ridiculousness...

Addressed to all who are drawn to the world of the mysterious and unusual.

The edition is supplemented with commentary by translator Vladimir Mikushevich.