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Title:
Das Gelübde?Das Geluebde
Title Record # 1304895
Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Date: 1817-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: German
Synopsis: A mysterious veiled woman arrives at a castle in Poland, pregnant, and dressed as a nun; she never removes her veil. After the birth of the child a French officer arives and takes the child away with violence. The back-story is related: Hermengilda was in love with Stanislaus, a French officer, and quarreled with him, whereupon he returned to the wars; Hermengilda became insane. His cousin Xaver (who wanted Hermengilda himself) kept her company. Hermengilda had a vision that she had married Stanislaus on the battlefield, and he had almost immediately been killed (this turns out to correspond to the time of Stanislaus's actual death). Her family is surprised that she is pregnant, and she goes to a convent, determined to spend the rest of her life mourning. Xaver eventually confesses that he is the cause of her pregnancy, having stood in for Stanislaus while Hermengilda was immersed in her vision. He commits himself to lifelong penance.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1817Translated by F. E. Pierce
English The Vow
1946Translated by Christopher Lazare.
English The Vow [as by Hoffmann]
1979Translated by an unknown translator
French
Le vœu?Le voeu

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Tales of Hoffmann 1943-00-00 E. T. A. Hoffmann Heritage Press     xxvi+
344
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
The Tales of Hoffmann 1943-00-00 E. T. A. Hoffmann Limited Editions Club     xxiv+
336
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tales of Hoffmann 1946-00-00 Hoffmann A. A. Wyn     509
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Contes fantastiques: Tome 1 1979-00-00 E. T. A. Hoffmann Marabout (
Bibliothèque Marabout?Bibliotheque Marabout
#901)
    477
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jean Alessandrini Checkmark
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