![]() ![]() Hoffmann’s Nutcracker and Mouse King (1816), and Alexandre Dumas’s 1845 adaptation, The Tale of the Nutcracker, based on Hoffmann’s popular work. This eye-opening new volume presents two of the tale’s earliest versions, both in new translations: E.T.A. But the story itself is much older and its original intent more complex. It wasn’t until the 1950s that seeing The Nutcracker at Christmas became an American tradition. That night, her extraordinary present comes to life, defends her from the taunting Mouse King, and whisks her off to the Kingdom of Dolls. ![]() The original stories behind everyone’s favourite Christmas balletįor the little girl Marie, the gift of a handsomely decorated nutcracker from a mysterious uncle sets the stage for a Christmas Eve like no other. ![]()
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