The Tale of the Nutcracker

byAlexandre Dumas, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator)

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Enter a world of magic and enchantment with Alexandre Dumas's timeless adaptation of the Nutcracker story, The Tale of the Nutcracker.

When little Marie receives a rather ugly doll for Christmas, she isn't sure what to make of him. His head is far too large, his legs far too small; but he's certainly excellently dressed! Things take a strange turn on Christmas Eve when, as the clocks strike midnight, the odd little Nutcracker comes to life to do fierce battle against the malevolent Mouse King and his armies. But that's just the beginning of the Nutcracker's strange and magical story.

Full of magical wonder and surreal fantasy, this famous adaptation, which inspired Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet, is a celebration of childhood imagination, full of talking toys, candy kingdoms and dastardly mice.

About Alexandre Dumas

Alexander Dumas was born in 1802 at Villes-Cotterets. He received very little education but when he entered the household of the future king, Louis-Philippe, he began to read veraciously and then to write. In 1839 he began writing novels dealing with the wars of religion and the Revolution, but he is most remembered for his historical novels, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
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  • Imprint: Puffin Classics
  • ISBN: 9780241775035
  • Length: 144 pages
  • Price: £8.99
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