Christmas Classic: Nutcracker and Mouse King (Illustrated)
Hoffman, E. T. / Simon, St
A nice edition of the Christmas classic that inspired The Nutcracker Ballet, complete with over 60 illustrations and flourishes.Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816 by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann, in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer ...