The Serapion Brethren (story collection)

A frame story portrays eight meetings of the six members of the Serapion Brethren: Ottmar, Theodor, Lothar, Cyprian, Vinzenz and Sylvester. They tell each other stories and discuss to what extent they adhere to the Serapiontic Principle.^[1]

First volume, February 1819, 604 pages

• "Foreword" (Vorwort)
• "The Story of Serapion" (Der Einsiedler Serapion)*
• "The Cremona Violin [de]" (Rat Krespel)*
• "The Fermata [de]" (Die Fermate)
• "The Poet and the Composer [de] (Der Dichter und der Komponist)
• "A Fragment from the Life of Three Friends [de]" (Ein Fragment aus dem Leben dreier Freunde)
• "The Arthus Hof [de]" (Der Artushof)
• "The Mines of Falun [de]" (Die Bergwerke zu Falun)
• "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (Nußknacker und Mausekönig)

Second volume, February 1819, 614 pages

• "The Contest of the Singers [de]" (Der Kampf der Sänger)
• "A Ghost Story [it]" (Eine Spukgeschichte)*
• "The Automata" (Die Automate)
• "The Doge and the Dogaressa [de]" (Doge und Dogaresse)
• "Old and New Church Music" (Alte und neue Kirchenmusik)*
• "Master Martin, the Cooper, and His Journeyman [de]" (Meister Martin der Küfner und seine Gesellen)
• The Stranger Child [de]" (Das fremde Kind)

Third volume, October 1820, 590 pages

• "The Life of a Well-known Character [de]" (Nachricht aus dem Leben eines bekannten Mannes)*
• "The Choosing of the Bride [it]" (Die Brautwahl)
• "The Uncanny Guest [de]" (Der unheimliche Gast)
• "Mademoiselle de Scuderi" (Das Fräulein von Scuderi)
• "Gambler's Luck [de]" (Spielerglück)
• "The Violin-Bow of the Baron de B [de]" (Der Baron von B.)*

Fourth volume, Easter 1821, 587 pages

• "Signor Formica [de]"
• "Zacharias Werner"
• "Erscheinungen [it]"
• "The Interdependence of Things [it]" (Der Zusammenhang der Dinge)
• "Vampirismus or Aurelia [it]" (Vampirismus)*
• "Die ästhetische Teegesellschaft"*
• "The King's Bride [de]" (Die Königsbraut)

* indicates a story that was published without a title in the original edition. Titles have been added by later editors.

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