Nutcracker of Nuremberg - Illustrated with Silhouettes Cut by Else Hasselriis

This vintage book contains Alexandre Dumas's children's tale, "The Nutcracker of Nuremberg". Based on the classic Christmas story by E. T. A. Hoffmann, it 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 land of dolls. Dumas's version was adapted by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky into the famous ballet "The Nutcracker". Contents include: "Part I: The Story of the Nutcracker of Nuremburg", "Part II: The Story of the Nut Krakatuk and the Princess Pirlipate", and "Part III: The Story of Marie and the King of the Toys". Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". Despite making a great deal of money from his writing, Dumas was almost perpetually penniless thanks to his extravagant lifestyle. His novels have since been translated into nearly a hundred different languages, and have inspired over two hundred motion pictures. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.