Die Automate

Hoffmann, E. T .A. (Ernst Theodor Wilhelm). "Die Automate" ("The Automaton" or "Automatons"). Novelette 1814. Frequently translated and reprinted, including The Sand-Man and Other Night Pieces. Leyburn, UK: Tartarus Press, 2008. The Serapion Brethren, Volume 1, available on Project Gutenberg.[1] See Internet Speculative Fiction Database for bibliography.[2][3]

See for "Talking Turk" automaton and for automata musicians and what seems to be an automaton who can be mistaken for a woman.[4] See also Hoffmann's "The Sandman."

RDE, finishing, 18May21