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Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2007
by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Dumas, Alexandre
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The original stories behind everyone's favorite Christmas balletIt 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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- Title Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker (Penguin Classics)
- Author Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Dumas, Alexandre
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, .
- Publication date 2007-10-30
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0143104837-11-1
- ISBN 9780143104834 / 0143104837
- Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.18 x 0.49 in (19.71 x 13.16 x 1.24 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Fiction - General
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006053166
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 1
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Summary
The original stories behind everyone's favorite Christmas ballet
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.
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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