The Nutcracker - E. T. A. Hoffmann

Best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky''s holiday-season ballet, the 1816 fairy tale recounts a child''s passion for a nutcracker toy that comes to life, battles a seven-headed mouse king, and transports his young mistress to a fantasy world. This value-priced, unabridged edition of E. T. A. Hoffman''s classic Christmas tale is timed to coincide with the release of Disney''s live-action motion picture.