The Nutcracker

Hoffmann, E. T. A./ Carter, David (EDT)/ Carter, Noelle (EDT)

Simon & Schuster Children's（2002/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 18 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780689836107
• DDC分類 823.914

Full Description

A lavish adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's original story about a cursed nutcracker that comes to life at Christmas. Carter creates a marvellous setting complete with scenes straight out of the theatre, lush jewel-toned artwork, and spectacular paper engineering (a toy ballerina spins and the swan boat moves back and forth in the waves). From a snowy Christmas Eve in a clock and toy workshop, the intriguing story weaves its magical course. The ugly wooden nutcracker fights a fierce battle with the evil seven-headed mouse king, then takes young Marie, the girl who was kind to him when he was broken, on a magical tour of Christmas Wood and Candytown. By earning Marie's love, the spell over the nutcracker is broken. He turns back into a prince and marries Marie.