# Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker

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- Book: [Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker](https://www.bookquiver.com/eta-hoffmann/nutcracker-and-mouse-king-and-the-tale-of-the-nutcracker) ([Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/eta-hoffmann/nutcracker-and-mouse-king-and-the-tale-of-the-nutcracker.md))
- Authors: [E.T.A. Hoffmann](https://www.bookquiver.com/eta-hoffmann), [Alexandre Dumas (père)](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexandre-dumas-pere), [Joachim Neugroschel](https://www.bookquiver.com/joachim-neugroschel), [Jack Zipes](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-zipes)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4310-483-4
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2007-10-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The original stories behind everyone's favorite Christmas ballet It wasn't until the 1950s that seeing The Nutcracker at Christmastime became an American tradition. But the story itself is much older...