Areum Lee Lee itibaren Tanjung, Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan, Endonezya itibaren Tanjung, Tabalong Regency, South Kalimantan, Endonezya

Certainly, lovers of fantasy, scifi and horror owe a debt to Hoffman, but the tales simply aren't very accessible to modern readers, something even the editor of this collection admits in his introduction. In many cases, it's difficult to tell precisely which elements are peculiar to Hoffman's imagination and which are common themes in literature or folk tales from the era. The one story liable to be familiar to most readers, "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice," is quite a departure from the familiar Christmas ballet based on it. An annotated edition would rate a third star.