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.

One holiday, three friends met in Tiergarten and had fun telling stories about his encounters with ghosts. Horrible stories did not prevent them from noticing a beautiful young girl surrounded by a respectable family. Love turned the heads of friends...