{"title":"E. T. A. Hoffmann","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"a-senhorita-de-scuderi","title":"Miss de Scuderi","description":"Scuderi's Miss, considered the first detective novel in the history of German literature, is the opening title of the collection \"Buffaloes, Libertines, and Other Heroes,\" edited by Marcelo Backes, who also translated this work by ETA Hoffmann. The Brazilian writer is also responsible for the publication's glossary, the afterword, and the abridged chronology of the German author's life. This text appeared as a standalone work in 1820 and was later published in the third volume (of four in total) of The Serapion Brothers, the Decameron. The story revolves around a handful of friends who meet on Saint Serapion's Day and, all interested in artistic matters, tell each other stories and then discuss them. Scuderi's Miss is narrated by Sylvester, who claims to have drawn from Johann Christoph Wagenseil's Chronicle of the City of Nuremberg (Chronik der Stadt Nürnberg) to characterize his title character. Paris in the 1680s is the setting for the story. A loud nocturnal visit, due to circumstances gradually revealed, leads Mademoiselle de Scuderi, a famous writer of 73 years and countless works, to investigate a series of crimes. The victims are always noblemen who bring jewelry as gifts to their lovers. Before carrying out their plan, they are stabbed to death—and the jewelry disappears. In a suffocating Paris shrouded in the darkness of crime, full of castles, rooms, and carriages, wigs, powders, and sequins, the narrative unfolds slowly amid flashbacks and parallel stories. The revelations are surprising in a dizzying plot.","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174760235260,"sku":"9788520010013","price":49.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/709ef5de9e43abca7cdb8ff0d163dabd.jpg?v=1778322575"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/e-t-a-hoffmann.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}