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Known by many names from, The Story of a Nutcracker to The Nutcracker of Nuremberg-Alexandre Dumas' The History of a Nutcracker is both a translation and slight retelling of E.T.A. Hoffman's 1816 novella, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. In keeping... Read Full Overview

Based on the classic Christmas story by E. T. A. Hoffmann, The Nutcracker of Nuremberg is the magical adventure of Marie Stahlbaum's favourite toy, the Nutcracker, who battles the nefarious Mouse King in battle and takes the reader on a wonderful adventure, into a magical... Read Full Overview

Based on the classic Christmas story by E. T. A. Hoffmann, The Nutcracker of Nuremberg is the magical adventure of Marie Stahlbaum's favourite toy, the Nutcracker, who battles the nefarious Mouse King in battle and takes the reader on a wonderful adventure, into a magical... Read Full 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... Read Full Overview

'How could you imagine, silly child, that this toy, which is made of cloth and wood, could possibly be alive?'

Known by many names from, The Story of a Nutcracker to The Nutcracker of Nuremberg-Alexandre Dumas' The History of a Nutcracker is both a translation and slight retelling of E.T.A. Hoffman's 1816 novella, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. In keeping... Read Full Overview

Le soir de No?l, Marie trouve parmi les jouets un casse-noisette en forme de bonhomme. Jaloux, son fr?re Fritz brise les dents du jouet. La nuit venue, la fillette refuse de se coucher sans avoir install? au mieux son casse-noisette dans l'armoire quand, ? minuit, des bruits... Read Full Overview

Na noite da v spera de Natal, a menina Marie encontra entre todos seus lindos presentes um quebra-nozes muito curioso e simp tico. Este objeto de madeira, que muito assemelha-se a seu querido padrinho, faz com que a garotinha se aproxime deste novo boneco com muito carinho e... Read Full Overview

Alexandre Dumas (dit aussi Alexandre Dumas p re) est un crivain fran ais n le 24 juillet 1802 Villers-Cotter ts (Aisne) et mort le 5 d cembre 1870 Puys, pr s de Dieppe (Seine-Maritime). Il est le fils de Thomas Alexandre Dumas, dit le g n ral Dumas, et le p re de l' crivain... Read Full Overview

Le soir de No l, Marie trouve parmi les jouets un casse-noisette en forme de bonhomme. Jaloux, son fr re Fritz brise les dents du jouet. La nuit venue, la fillette refuse de se coucher sans avoir install au mieux son casse-noisette dans l'armoire quand, minuit, des bruits... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Histoire d'un Casse-Noisette est un conte de No�����l �����crit par Alexandre Dumas en 1889. L'histoire suit une jeune fille nomm�����e Marie qui re�����oit... Read Full Overview

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) est un crivain fran ais. Il est n Villers-Cotter ts (Aisne). Il re ut une ducation plut't mediocre. Apr s des tudes n glig es, il travailla comme clerc chez un notaire et d buta la r daction de pi ces de th tre avec son ami, le vicomte Adolphe... Read Full Overview

"Histoire d'un casse-noisette" par Alexandre Dumas. Alexandre Dumas tait un crivain fran ais (1802-1870).

Histoire D'Un Casse-Noisette (1889) est un livre de l'�����crivain fran�����ais Alexandre Dumas. Il s'agit d'un conte de No�����l qui raconte l'histoire d'un casse-noisette... Read Full Overview

Be transported to another world this Christmas with this new version of Alexandre Dumas's well-loved tale of a toy that comes to life. The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christmas is no ordinary toy. On Christmas Eve, at the clocks... Read Full Overview