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A beautiful book to read and to look at. There is more to the story than the ballet. A classic that I have never read before -- highly recommended, especially at Christmas.
I love my edition with its wonderful introduction and Maurice Sendak illustrations. I love the music and the dancing that is the ballet. But there is something about this story that always creeps me out. It is not the many headed mouse king. No, its the whole ending bit. The story is about girl growing up, to a degree, except that it is rather strange because when she travel with her dream prince she dreams of a place any child would want. Than all of a sudden she is getting married to a little
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While reading this for a Yule themed group read in the Into the Forest group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/... I realised that I had never actually read this original version! I was surprised to find that it's much darker and creepier than the ballet. I then discovered that the ballet is actually based on a short story written by Alexandre Dumas!
I can't give a book where mice play such a large role more than 3 stars, but regardless this book is interesting to read if you're interested in ...more
I can't give a book where mice play such a large role more than 3 stars, but regardless this book is interesting to read if you're interested in ...more
A Christmas classic that's certainly cute.
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I've seen BalletMet's The Nutcracker at the Ohio Theatre multiple times, but I'd never read the 1816 story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffman. The edition I was lucky enough to read, Nutcracker, featured illustrations by Maurice Sendak which I loved. The story itself was creepy. Caught up in the beauty of the ballet, I'd never thought about how much that whole scenario would scare the bejeezus outta me! A talking nutcracker, a seven-headed mouse, the creepy old dude...shivers galor
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I’ve read the Penguin Classics versions by Hoffman & Dumas so I thought I’d read this one illustrated by Sendak. The book is large, the pictures are so imaginative, and many of the chapters end with mini-cliffhangers making it a good read-aloud candidate.
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