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Nutcracker and Mouse King
E. T. A. Hoffmann
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The original story of the Nutcracker, weird and wonderful by one of the masters of horror and weirdness.
The original story of the Nutcracker, weird and wonderful by one of the masters of horror and weirdness.
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Community Reviews
When I was a little boy I had a set of a dozen postcards titled The Nutcracker and the Mouse King but I had no fairy tale. When I perused the cards I imagined what a mysterious tale it must be. I read the story first time in my twenties when E. T. A. Hoffmann already became one of my favourite write
What a truly imaginative and festive little classic! A timeless story I had never actually read before, but was so charmed by the imagination of E.T.A. Hoffman, as a young girl called Marie witnesses toys coming to life at the stroke of midnight, including a Nutcracker. The Nutcracker is in battle w
El Cascanueces y el Rey Ratón /Nußknacker und Mausekönig/The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1816)
"Me dirijo a ti, benévolo lector u oyente, y te ruego que recuerdes vivamente tu última mesa de Navidad, repleta de lindos y atractivos regalos. Entonces podrás imaginarte
This is a wonderful, magical tale which I regret not having read as a child.
The Nutcracker Ballet Suite, composed in 1892 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, has become an indispensable part of Christmas celebrations all over the world. Many people who would be skeptical about attending an actual live performance by a ballet company nonetheless look forward to firing up their down
Maurice Sendak did the illustrations for this edition. I love them. They are quirky and what you expect from Maurice.
This is the full edition and it is night something you can read in a single bedtime story. This is long. This is also all about how things look. Is someone pretty or not. Marie sees t
Translations are, as a rule, pretty bad. I feel like this translation did not do the original story justice at all and a lot of the magic had seeped through the cracks as a result.
The story itself has dark layers to it that the ballet does not possess. It has a rather disjointed flow to it and alto