The Nutcracker: The Original 1853 Edition With Illustrations

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Sometimes you just want to have the original. This is one of the earliest known English translations of E.T.A. Hoffmann's classic children's tale, "Nutcracker and Mouse-King, ' which was penned in German in 1816. While Alexandre Dumas, père was making this story famous in France, this translation by Mrs. St. Simon was making it popular in the English-speaking world. The stage was set for Tchaikovsky to bring the story into the 20th century in his famous ballet. This edition carefully re-constructs the text of the 1853 edition, and also includes the original woodcut illustrations that accompanied it. At Christmas, you want to read aloud to your children the same stories that delighted countless other children over the decades and centuries over the holidays. If that is what you're looking for, this edition is for you. Or, if you just trying to fathom what on earth Tchaikovsky is portraying in his ballet, reading an early English translation that aimed to be faithful to the original is a great start. Review: Classic! - I have known Nutcracker from childhood, read several children's book. Then I came across to this original one. Good to read one of my childhood favorite stories. Review: It has brought back happy memories from my childhood. - The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky was and still is one of my favourite music. I used to listen to it over and over again when I was feeling a bit low after coming back from school. Another strange coincidence was that my old primary school used to play this music during the school lunch every day, which was , oddly enough, the happiest hour of the day for me. I always wanted to read the actual book, but never got the wish come true until 40 years later when I found myself buying this in a kindle version. It has brought back happy memories from my childhood.