Hiddensee
Subtitle: a tale of the once and future Nutcracker
By: Gregory Maguire
Contributors: Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780062687944
Subjects: Large type books; Fairy tales; Adaptations
Description: Presents an imaginative tale rooted in early nineteenth-century German Romanticism that explores parallels between the origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.
Table of contents: title: Part One. A Household Tale; title: A Posthumous Education; title: Bildungsroman; title: The Padlocked Garden; title: Part Two. Intermezzo; title: Part Three. The Story of the Nutcracker and the Mouse King; title: Coda. Hiddensee.