by E. T. A. Hoffmann · tapa dura · ISBN 9783791535401
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«Nußknacker und Mausekönig» is the fantasy novel by E. T. A. Hoffmann, published by Dressler Verlag in hardback (127 pages, in German).
Set on Christmas Eve, it tells how little Marie Stahlbaum receives as a gift a nutcracker that comes to life and leads her to a fantastic kingdom where she must face the Mouse King and his army, in a story that blends reality and dream.
Edition published on 1 July 1993 within Dressler's Kinder-Klassiker collection.
For readers aged 10 and up who are starting out on the classics of children's and young adult literature.
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a German Romantic author of fantasy and gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His short story "The Sandman" is seen as a pioneering work of horror fiction, while his novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi is regarded as one of the earliest examples of crime fiction.
