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Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Nutcracker (original 1816; edition 1984)

by E.T.A. Hoffmann

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After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and changes him into a handsome prince.
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Title:Nutcracker
Authors:E.T.A. Hoffmann
Info:Crown Publishers Inc. (1984), Hardcover
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Tags:fiction, children's, illustrated, Christmas, translated, first edition

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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann (Author) (1816)

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Got almost nothing out of this experience. Hopefully the ballet reveals something where this translated written work did not! ( )
  bobbybslax | Nov 22, 2023 |
The pictures verge on nightmarish. I wouldn't give it to young or impressionable children. ( )
  Eurekas | Apr 22, 2023 |
Winter 2019;

I said to my best friend "It's funny, I accepted at 148 that I wasn't going to hit 150 books this year. That it doesn't need to kill me that I didn't hit some arbitary number no one is actually staring down their nose and making sure I hit. But, then, I opened and closed [b:The Invasion|776877|The Invasion (Animorphs, #1)|K.A. Applegate|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1456853880l/776877._SX50_.jpg|356806] on the plane here. So, hilariously, I'm going to end at 149 instead."

She leaned over to her right and handed me this.

Somehow, even though I've watched uncounted dozens of 'The Nutcracker' ballet versions, I never knew this story was actually a novella (and this version with these swoon worthy illustrations that she'd tracked down). I loved reading the introduction with the illustrator/translator telling the story of 'Hard Nut' and how they hadn't ever known that was a story, and, reader, me, too. I never ever knew and it's like the full middle third of this novella.

I loved it and I want a copy. I spent so much time going through it thinking it would be an amazing story to read to children night-by-night at Christmas time as they were getting into the season. ( )
  wanderlustlover | Dec 27, 2022 |
Delightful.
My book is Vol 237 of the "Kings Treasuries of Literature", a series of books designed for teachers to use in their classrooms. ( )
  gmillar | Mar 28, 2022 |
Considering that we watched the Macauley Culkin version of the Nutcracker ballet about a million times when I was a kid, I can't beleive that I haven't read the whole story! It is so much more complex than the ballet, so I can really see why Sendak wanted to illustrate it and remake the ballet again. The story has a lot of vaguely frightening undertones - from the weirdly creepy Godfather Drosselmeier to the real life threat of a rat invasion - so Sendak's welcoming-but-odd artistic stylings fit the story perfectly. ( )
  JaimieRiella | Feb 25, 2021 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Hoffmann, E. T. A.Authorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Annukka, SannaIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bell, AntheaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Brodmann-Menkes, AlianaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Burch, EllenCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Innocenti, RobertoIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kota, MattiIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Manheim, RalphTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Neugroschel, JoachimTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Raucy, ClaudeTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sedova, YanaIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sendak, MauriceIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Setälä, SalmeTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Spirin, GennadyIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
St. Simon, MrsTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wurmdobler, MonikaIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Zwerger, LisbethIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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On the twenty-fourth of December Dr. Stahlbaum's children were not allowed to set foot in the small family parlor, much less the adjoining company parlor—not at any time during the day.
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Dumas père's 1845 French version of Nutcracker and Hoffmann's 1816 German version are different works.
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After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and changes him into a handsome prince.

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The tale of Nutcracker, written in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, composers, and audiences for almost two hundred years. It has retained its freshness because it appeals to the sense of wonder we all share. This retelling by Renate Raecke is beautifully illustrated by Russian artist Yana Sedova.
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