The Nutcracker

By E. T. A. Hoffmann

Subjects: Nussknacker und Mausekönig (Hoffmann, E.T.A.), Christmas, fiction, German fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, general, Ballets, stories, plots, etc., Children's stories, German, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, macbeth, Nutcrackers (Implements), First loves, Ballet, Christmas stories, Folklore, juvenile literature, Magic, Fiction, Children's fiction, Nutcracker (Choreographic work), Ballets, Anecdotes, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, War stories, Adventure and adventurers, Mice, Contes de fées, Dolls

Description: After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and watches him change into a handsome prince.