The Miss von Scuderi
"The Miss of Scuderi" by E.T.A. Hoffmann is considered the first German crime story. A brief summary will help you understand the content.
"The Miss from Scuderi" is one of the most famous stories of E.T.A. Hoffmanns. The book is often read through in school, but often meets with incomprehension because of its complicated narrative style, which is reminiscent of the style of the Parisian praises. A short summary of the content helps.
Brief summary of the book
- "Das Fräulein von Scuderi" is briefly about the aging writer Madeleine Scuderi, who is involved in a series of murders.
- This series of murders mainly affects men who travel alone at night. You will be stabbed with a dagger so that over time nobody will dare to come out at night.
- Because most of the men killed are unfaithful husbands on the way to their mistresses is about, Madeleine lets herself be carried away to the sentence: "A lover who fears thieves is love not worth!"
- However, the murderer regards this as a show of solidarity. From now on he is an ardent admirer of Scuderi and sends her a box with something in it that he keeps with one of his night murders: jewelry made by the famous Parisian goldsmith René Cardillac is.
- It turns out that such a piece of jewelry was stolen from each of the victims. Finally, the goldsmith himself falls victim to the murderer.
- After this crime, Olivier, Cardillac's apprentice and friend of his daughter Madelon, is arrested. He asks to speak to Madeleine.
- He confesses to you the whole truth. He is not only her long-missing foster son, but also innocent. The real killer, on the other hand, is his master Cardillac. He could not bear the thought of being able to part with his beautiful jewelry and therefore became a murderer to get the jewelry back.
- During one of his night raids, he was seriously injured himself. Olivier tried to help him but failed. Now he asks Madeleine for help.
- The writer uses a trick to convince the king of Olivier's innocence, the boy is set free and is reunited with Madelon.
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Cardillac Syndrome in "The Miss of Scuderi"
A very interesting point in the short summary of "Das Fräulein von Scuderi" is that the goldsmith cannot part with his own art. This phenomenon is now considered a serious illness among artists and has become known as Cardillac syndrome. Of course, this is only possible with artists who create something that is unique, not reproducible and also tangible. Authors or actors can therefore not be affected, painters very much.
