The novel “The Serapion Brothers” by the famous German romantic writer E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) is a cycle of narratives united by the framing story of young writers - the Serapion brothers. Incredible events, vampires, necromancers, mysterious beauties come to life on the pages of a book that has not been completely published in Russian translation for more than 70 years.

Meister Martin from the workshop of Nuremberg coopers has raised a beautiful daughter. The master decided that she would not be the wife of a knight, or a nobleman, or even an artisan from another workshop - only a skilled cooper, mastering the most noble craft, was worthy of her hand. Having learned about this, three young apprentices came to Martin...