# New version of Les contes d'Hoffmann (The tales of Hoffman)

Author: Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880; Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901 [Librettist]; Carré, Michel, 1819-1872 [Librettist]; Byrne, Charles Alfred, 1848-1909 [Translator]

Genre: Opera

Language: Français

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15915

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.fr/s?k=New+version+of+Les+contes+d%27Hoffmann+%28The+tales+of+Hoffman%29+Offenbach&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In the first act, which is really a prologue, Hoffmann, a young poet, enters the tavern of Luther to meet his companions, and drinks to drown his sorrows. They think he is in love, but he answers, all that is past, and tells the story of his three loves.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/fr/books/new-version-of-les-contes-d-hoffmann-the-tales-of-hoffman-15915/chapters/1/index.md)