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Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker

Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker - Paperback

by E. T. a. Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas
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Availability:In StockContributor:E. T. a. Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2007-10-30Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143104834ISBN-10:143104837UPC:9780143104834Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, HolidaysSize:7.76 x 5.18 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SC0910G0ZJ
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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143104834ISBN-10:143104837UPC:9780143104834Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, HolidaysSize:7.76 x 5.18 x 0.49 inchesWeight:0.3395Product ID:SC0910G0ZJ
Alexandre Dumas was born July 24, 1802, at Villiers-Cotterets, France, the son of Napoleon's famous mulatto general, Dumas. Alexandre Dumas began writing at an early age and saw his first success in a play he wrote entitled Henri III et sa Cour (1829). A prolific author, Dumas was also an adventurer and took part in the Revolution of 1830. Dumas is most famous for his brilliant historical novels, which he wrote with collaborators, mainly Auguste Maquet, and which were serialized in the popular press of the day. His most popular works are The Three Musketeers(1844), The Count of Monte Cristo (1844-45), and The Man in Iron Mask (1848-50). Dumas made and lost several fortunes, and died penniless on on December 5, 1870.
Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He has also translated Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, both for Penguin Classics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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E. T. a. Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator)

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E. T. a. Hoffmann, Alexandre Dumas

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