The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann

Aug 2019 · Parolita Libro · Narrated by Hannah Smith

About this audiobook

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (German: Nussknacker und Mausekönig) is a story written in 1816 by Prussian author E.T.A. Hoffmann, in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favourite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas's adaptation of the story into the ballet The Nutcracker.

Ratings and reviews

Chapter 3 is missing, I tried to get a refund but it would not let me. The recording sounds old but the narrator is pleasant enough but I would have like to hear this missing chapter. The story is a strange one but fun seeing children of former days.