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Who wrote "The Sand-Man"?
E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Who are the main characters in "The Sand-man"?
- Nathaniel
- Clara - his beloved
- Coppelius - the alchemist
- Coppola - the weather-glass seller
- Olimpia - the automaton Nathaniel falls in love with
- Lothair - Nathaniel's best friend and Clara's brother
- Spalanzani - Olimpia's "father"
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Who wrote "The Cremona Violin"?
E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Who are the main characters in "The Cremona Violin"?
- Councillor Krespel - Antonia's father
- Antonia
- B-- - Antonia's beloved
- the Violin
- Professor
- Narrator - seeks to find out Krespel's secrets
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Who wrote "The Wild Ass's Skin"?
Honoré de Balzac
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Who are the main characters in "The Wild Ass's Skin"?
- Raphael
- R's friends - meets up with to go to the orgy
- Pauline - his landlord's daughter, whom he falls in love with
- Euphrasie & Alquilina - the prostitutes
- Antiquarian - "sells" him the magic skin (not w/o warning)
- Foedora - cold woman R wishes to love
- Rastignac - old friend
- Jonathas - "butler" (for lack of a better word)
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Who wrote "The Venus of Ille"?
Prosper Mérimée
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Who are the main characters in "The Venus of Ille"?
- Statue of Venus
- Narrator - onlooker, archaeologist
- Alphonse - puts his ring on the statue's finger to hold while he plays tennis
- The Spaniard - plays tennis with Alphonse on his wedding day, suspect in Alphonse's death
- Wife - marries Alphonse
- Father - obsessed with statue
- Mother - wants to turn statue into a church bell
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Who wrote "The Slap of Charlotte Corday"?
Alexandre Dumas
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Who are the main characters in "The Slap of Charlotte Corday"?
- Charlotte and her head - beheaded for murdering Marat, and the executioner's asst. slaps her head after
- "Solange" - aristocrat's daughter in hiding falls in love with Albert, her secret is discovered and she is beheaded
- "Albert"/ Narrator - experimenting to see if the heads can feel after they part company with their bodies
- Solange's father - aristocrat in hiding, Albert gets him to England to safety
- Queen Marie Antoinette
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Who wrote "The Dead in Love"?
Théophile Gautier
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Who are the main characters in "The Dead in Love"?
- Romuald - a priest, a venetian prince
- Clarimond - a "courtesan"/vampire
- Father Serapion - priest or devil?
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Who wrote "Arria Marcella"?
Théophile Gautier
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Who are the main characters in "Arria Marcella"?
- Octavian - falls in love with the bust of A. Marcella
- Fabio - Octavian's friend
- Max - Octavian's friend
- Arria Marcella - 79 c.e. covered in volcanic ash
- Arrius Diomedes - father of A. Marcella
- Rufus Holconius - Octavian's tour guide of Pompeii
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