| The Nutcracker Contributor(s): Hoffmann, E. T. a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486826643 ISBN-13: 9780486826646 Publisher: Dover Publications
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2018 * Out of Print * Click for more in this series: Dover Thrift Editions |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018013130 |
| Age Level: 8-12 |
| Grade Level: 3-7 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 4.9" W x 7.8" L (0.15 lbs) 80 pages |
| Features: Price on Product |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 183708 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This 1816 story is perhaps best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky's popular ballet, but Hoffmann's holiday legend is where the spell begins. Here is the original tale of seven-year-old Marie and her beloved Nutcracker, beset by a dark mystery that surrounds this story within a story. Godpapa Drosselmeier, who once served as the royal court's inventor, recounts to Marie a tale of the trickery of Dame Mouserink, the Queen of Mice. The vengeful queen casts a curse on an innocent princess, forcing Drosselmeier to undertake an arduous quest to break the spell. His mixed success leads to the lasting enmity between the Nutcracker and seven-headed Mouse-King -- Dame Mouserink's son -- a conflict that only Marie can help resolve. One of the world's greatest fantasy writers and a major figure in late German Romanticism, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) created extraordinary works of poetry and supernatural fiction. In tales like The Nutcracker, Hoffmann's characters come to vivid life in settings that move from the firm ground of reality to a world of enchantment, mystery, and romance. |
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