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Nutcracker and Mouse King
—Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822, author.
It wasn't until the 1950s that seeing The Nutcracker at Christmastime became an American tradition. But the story itself is much older and its original intent more complex. This eye-opening new volume presents two of the tale's earliest versions, both in new translations: E.T.A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker and Mouse King (1816), in which a young girl is whisked away to the Land of Toys to help her animated nutcracker defeat the Mouse King, and Alexandre Dumas's 1845 adaptation, The Tale of the Nutcracker, based on Hoffmann's popular work. Irresistible tales of magic, mystery, and childhood adventure, these timeless delights and fresh interpretations about the importance of imagination will captivate readers of all ages.
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Series:
Penguin classicsSubjects:
Cats -- Fiction.Children -- Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Christmas stories.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Courtship -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Magicians -- Fiction.
Mice.
Nutcrackers (Implements) -- Fiction.
Rescues -- Fiction.
Other Authors:
Neugroschel, Joachim, translator.Zipes, Jack, 1937- writer of introduction.
translation of: Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. Histoire d'un casse-noisette. English.
translation of: Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822. Nussknacker und Mausekönig. English.
ISBN:
9780143104834
0143104837
Description:
xxxiii, 155 pages ; 20 cm.
Other Title:
Tale of the nutcracker
Notes:
2 books in 1.
"Translated by Joachim Neugroschel ; introduction by Jack Zipes."
Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN:
2006053166
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