Sirenewaq drama, ili komnata smeha

"Nyne, vo izbezhanie vsyakikh nedorazumeniy, avtor zaranee uvedomlyaet, chto "Printsessa Brambilla," kak i "Kroshka Tsakhes," - kniga sovershenno neprigodnaya dlya lyudey, kotorye vse prinimayut vser'ez i torzhestvenno; odnako on pokorneyshe prosit blagosklonnogo chitatelya, bude tot obnaruzhit iskrennee zhelanie i gotovnost' otbrosit' na neskol'ko chasov ser'yeznost', otdat'sya zadornoy, prichudlivoy igre..." E.T.A.Gofman, "Printsessa Brambilla"