The article examines “Romantic Stories” by A. Chayanov in its connection with the traditions of Russian romanticism of the 19th century, as well as with the work of the German romantic E.T.A. Hoffmann. The main emphasis is placed on the comparison of the stories of A. Chayanov and A. Pogorelsky as the founders of the Hoffman tradition in Russian literature. The works of Chayanov and Pogorelsky are compared with the “Golden Pot” by Hoffmann. The general reasons and images characteristic of literary romanticism are revealed, such as the confrontation between the real and the other world, duality, heroines-dolls, fantastic elements in the space of a real city. The differences in the appeal of Chayanov and Pogorelsky to Hoffmann’s prose are revealed.