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The Nutcracker and the King of Mice

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Young Marie Stahlbaum falls in love with the handsome nutcracker Godfather Drosselmeier gives her family as a Christmas gift, and has adventures with him as he faces the monstrous, seven-headed Mouse King.

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Fairy talesBalletsStories, plotsChildren's fictionClassic LiteratureFictionKhoikhoi (African people)Description and travelChildren's stories, GermanChristmas stories

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