The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

Name: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Author: E.T.A. Hoffmann

by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Christmas fantasy about a nutcracker soldier and his battle against a mouse king

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E.T.A. Hoffmann

German Romantic author whose fantastical tales influenced generations of later writers from Poe to Kafka. The Nutcracker, The Sandman, and his other supernatural stories blend the uncanny with sharp social satire.

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