Librivox recording of nutcracker and mouse king by e. A hoffmanns story of the nutcracker and the mouse king. Clara and fritz are delighted with the christmas gifts of their godfather drosselmeier, especially the nutcracker, which clara cares. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the tales of e t a hoffmann, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Danish dramatist hendrik herz, but the subject for the ballet was later specified as e. The nutcracker eta hoffmann maurice sendak pp9780385348645 the tale of nutcracker, written by e.
Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, composers, and audiences for almost two hundred years. Hoffmann 17761822 was a prussian lawyer, artist, composer and pioneering writer of horror stories. Hoffmans version of the story was the original, and was adapted by dumas. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will. Hoffmann 17761822 was one of the best known and most influential authors of his time. We do this with marketing and advertising partners who may have their own information they. Hoffmann on which the famous ballet the nutcracker is based. The nutcracker and the mouse king illustrated kindle. Marie, seven, and her brother, fritz, eight, sit outside the parlor. Kind reader, or listener, whatever may be your name, whether frank, robert, henry,anna or maria, i beg you to call to mind the table.
One of hoffmanns stories was adapted by the french writer alexandre dumas. Chapter 1 christmas eve chapter 2 the gifts chapter 3 the favorite chapter 4 wonders chapter 5 the battle chapter 6 the illness chapter 7 the tale of the hard nut chapter 8 continuation of the tale of the hard nut. The nutcracker and the mouse king project gutenberg self. The nutcracker by eta hoffman illustrated by maurice sendak. Hoffmanns nutcracker and mouse king 1816, in which a young girl is whisked away to the land of toys to help her animated nutcracker defeat the mouse king, and alexandre dumass 1845 adaptation, the tale of the nutcracker, based on. The art in the book is beautiful and it is truly an heirloom book to be handed down for generations.
Nutcracker and mouse king and the tale of the nutcracker. The original story of the nutcracker, weird and wonderful by one of the masters of horror and weirdness. Maurice sendak designed brilliant sets and costumes for the pacific northwest ballets christmas production of nutcracker and has created. Hoffmann ernst theodor amadeus hoffmann, was a german romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The edition i read, nutcracker, featured illustrations by maurice sendak which i loved. Hoffmanns classic childrens fairytale translated into english by l. This version, which differs from the ballet in several ways, is based on hoffmanns 1816 original and tells a richer tale. With more than 1,700 titles, penguin classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Dumas explicitly acknowledged hoffman within the text of his version of. Nutcracker and mouse king the story begins on christmas eve at the stahlbaum house. These tales, with their mysterious atmospheres and weird happenings, influenced writers such as poe, stevenson, kafka and freud. What connects the two here is the world of toys and childrens imagination. Ernst theodor amadeus hoffmann commonly abbreviated as e. A story that spawned a thousand childrens books and countless adaptations for the stage, and then eventually made it to the. These technologies are used for things like personalized ads. He wrote 49 tales and two novels, composed eight operas, and was also a productive music critic and a. Hoffmann 1776 1822 the original story of the nutcracker, weird and wonderful by one of the masters of horror and weirdness. This is my favorite holiday story and if you are like me.
Hoffmann, 17761822 biographical note ernst theodor wilhelm hoffmann, better known by his pen name e. This is one of the earliest known english translations of e. The nutcracker is a christmas story about a little girl named maria and her wooden doll, the nutcracker, who becomes alive to fight the evil sevenheaded mouse king. Hoffmanns story is darker and more troubling than the version that reached the stage. The nutcracker and the mouse king is a christmas classic written in 1816, by e. Hoffmanns title for it was nutcracker and mouse king. Hoffmann fantasy story the nutcracker and the mouse king, about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on christmas eve and wages a battle against the evil mouse king. Christmas eve lyrics during the long, long day of the twentyfourth of december, the children of doctor stahlbaum were not permitted to enter the. Eta hoffmann was an artist with many talents and a lover of the performing arts.
Caught up in the beauty of the ballet, id never thought about how much that whole scenario would scare the bejeezus outta me. It was the dumas version that inspired themore tiffanys correct, e. The nutcracker by sendak and hoffmann posted on december 1, 2012 by tygertale 1 comment since maurice sendak died earlier this year ive been digging through his back catalogue, uncovering childhood favourites like the big green book and discovering new classics like i saw esau. Read online the nutcracker and the mouse king pdf by e. I dug into the penguin classics edition of nutcracker and mouse king and the tale of the nutcracker, which contains both hoffmanns 1816 original and alexandre dumass 1845 retelling and features an introduction by german. Never in my nutcrackersaturated years had i actually read hoffmanns tale the nutcracker and the mouse king. It has retained its freshness because it appeals to the sense of wonder we all share. In the story young marie stahlbaums favorite 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. Hoffmann, a german romantic author of fantasy and horror, composer, music critic, and caricaturist in the tale, young marie stahlbaums favorite christmas toy, the nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil mouse king in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom. Ive seen balletmets the nutcracker at the ohio theatre multiple times, but id never read the 1816 story the nutcracker and the mouse king by eta hoffman. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the nutcracker by eta hoffmann, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Hoffmanns classic childrens tale, nutcracker and mouseking, which was penned in german in 1816. One of the ten best illustrated childrens books of the year. The nutcracker and the mouse king work by hoffmann.