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The nutcracker and the mouse-king

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822
Other Authors:	Zwerger, Lisbeth (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English German
Published:	Boston, MA : Natick, MA : Neugebauer Press USA ; Distribution by Alphabet Press, 1983, c1979.
Series:	Picture book studio USA
Subjects:	Fairy tales > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and changes him into a handsome prince.
Item Description:	Original title: Knussknacker und Mausekönig.
Physical Description:	[28] p. : ill. ; 34 cm.
ISBN:	090723433X :
Author Notes:	German writer, composer, and painter ErnstTheodor Amadeus Hoffman was born in Konigsberg, Prussia in 1776. After beginning a career in the law, Hoffman turned to music, working as a conductor, music director, and critic, and later composing a ballet, an opera, and other works. He established himself as a writer with the four-volume story collection Phatasiestucke in Callier Manier (Fantasy Stories in the Manner of Callot), which was published in 1814-1815. Even though he published several novels and story collections, including Nachtstucke (Hoffman's Strange Stories, 1817) and Die Serapionsbruder (The Serapion Brethren, 1819-1821), Hoffman continued to support himself as a legal official in Berlin. This struggle between artistry and bureaucracy is played out in many of his works. Hoffman died of progressive paralysis in 1822. (Bowker Author Biography)