The Story of a Nutcracker

by Alexandre Dumas

Overview

The tale of the Nutcracker and the Mouse King was originally conceived in the early 1800s by German writer E.T.A. Hoffmann, but Alexandre Dumas "borrowed" the story and created his own sweetened version which in turn directly inspired the famous Tchaikovsky ballet. This charming new translation offers a family story that everyone can enjoy. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780099596059
Publisher:	Random House UK
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Series:	Vintage Children's Classics
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	7 - 18 Years

About the Author

Alexandre Dumas was a French playwright,
historian and prolific novelist,
penning a string of successful books including The Three Musketeers (1844),
The Count of Monte Cristo (1845),
and Twenty Years After (1845). His novels have been translated into 100 different languages and inspired over 200 films. Kitty Arden is an artist and designer who has worked for such clients as Christian Dior, John Galliano, and Christian Lacroix. Sarah Ardizzone is a translator who has received the Scott-Moncrieff Prize the Marsh Prize for Children's Literature in Translation, and whose The Little Prince translation was chosen as one of the New York Times' Notable Books of 2010.

Table of Contents

Translator's Foreword ix

Preface 1

The Godfather Drosselmayer 9

The Christmas Tree 22

The Little Man in the Wooden Cloak 30

Things of Wonder 40

The Battle 53

The Malady 63

Editorial Reviews

"For all its darkness, [The Nutcracker] appeals to parents and their children because it's like one of those glowing glass globes that you can shake and see the snow swirl. It's a dream bubble, a vision of middle-class happiness and fantasy that precedes the Russian Revolution and all the horrors of the last century and this one. That world may have faded, but it is still our sweetest dream."  —New York Times

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