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"Zachus the Gnome" was once classified as a "fairy tale novel", and some people called it an "artistic fairy tale". Its creation background is the backward and declining German society where Hoffmann lived, and the story is a true portrayal of the restoration period after the French Revolution. The protagonist of this novel, Chakhes, is a little dwarf with a terrifying appearance and weird temperament. He is endowed with magical powers due to the mercy of a fairy. With the fairy's comb and three magic hairs given to him, he begins to appear as Zinn Nobel. The miraculous magic power allowed him to live like a fish in the real world and live a prosperous and admired life. However, such a domineering life disappeared after he lost his magic hair, so that he finally drowned in Yuci's bathtub. In "Dwarf Chaches", Hoffmann uses the legend of a dwarf to show readers the weird world in his own imagination and fantasy.