The Nutcracker

E. T. A. Hoffmann

ISBN 10: 0486826643 / ISBN 13: 9780486826646

Published by Dover Publications Inc., US, 2018

About this Item

Best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky's holiday-season ballet, the 1816 fairy tale recounts a child's passion for a nutcracker toy that comes to life, battles a seven-headed mouse king, and transports his young mistress to a fantasy world. This value-priced, unabridged edition of E. T. A. Hoffman's classic Christmas tale is timed to coincide with the release of Disney's live-action motion picture.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Nutcracker
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., US
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486826643
• ISBN 13: 9780486826646
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 70 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky's holiday-season ballet, the 1816 fairy tale recounts a child's passion for a nutcracker toy that comes to life, battles a seven-headed mouse king, and transports his young mistress to a fantasy world. This value-priced, unabridged edition of E. T. A. Hoffman's classic Christmas tale is timed to coincide with the release of Disney's live-action motion picture.

About the Author

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822) replaced his third name, Wilhelm, with Amadeus in homage to Mozart. A towering figure of German Romanticism, Hoffmann was a composer, music critic, theater director, draftsman, and caricaturist as well as a writer. Although his stories challenged readers to free their minds from the conventions of reality, Hoffmann accepted the practical constraints of everyday life, training as a lawyer and serving as a judge.