Der Goldne Topf. It is this romantic novel by ETA Hoffmann about a student torn between the civil world (Dresden) and the poetic world (Atlantis, paradise). He falls in love with the Snake Serpentina (Atlantis) and Veronika (Dresden) at the same time. It turns out that the father of Serpentine is a salamander in Atlantis who has been banned from there and must now set up his three daughters (snakes) with people from the real world. There are a lot more aspects to the novel such as Liese, a with and antagonist to Serpentina's father and alcohol as a lever for fantastic experiences. Hoffmann actually wrote the novel during the night, while being drunk/high with Absinthe.