# De Gouden Vaas

By E. T. A. Hoffmann.

"De Gouden Vaas" by E. T. A. Hoffmann is a novella first published in 1814. A clumsy student named Anselmus falls in love with a mysterious snake in an elderberry bush, only to discover she is the daughter of an eccentric archivist who is actually a banished salamander from Atlantis. Caught between the magical Serpentina and the earthly Veronika, Anselmus must choose between two worlds while copying ancient manuscripts and battling witches wielding enchanted mirrors. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Dutch
- Translator: Karel Johan Hendrik Wasch
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction; Fairy tales -- Germany

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