Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest.This edition is dedicated to German literature. German literature is essential for those who love literature and history. The history of literature in German is intertwined with the establishment of national states in Central Europe and with the history of the book itself, after the invention of the press by Johannes Gutenberg.This book contains the following texts: The criminal from lost honour by Friedrich Schiller; The cold heart by Wilhelm Hauff; A Tale by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; The Sandman by E. T. A. Hoffmann; Blind by Paul Heyse; Saint Cecilia; or, the power of music by Heinrich von Kleist; The wonders in the Spessart by Karl Immermann.If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright.Wilhelm Hauff (29 November 1802 18 November 1827) was a Württembergian poet and novelist.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman.Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (24 January 1776 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist.Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator.Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 1777 21 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. Karl Leberecht Immermann (24 April 1796 25 August 1840) was a German dramatist, novelist and a poet.