This vintage book contains Alexandre Dumas's children's tale, The Nutcracker of Nuremberg. Based on the classic Christmas story by E. T. A. Hoffmann, it is the magical adventure of Marie Stahlbaum's favourite toy, the Nutcracker, who battles the nefarious Mouse King in battle and takes the reader on a wonderful adventure, into a magical land of dolls. Dumas's version was adapted by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky into the famous ballet The Nutcracker. Contents include Part I The Story of the Nutcracker of Nuremburg, Part II The Story of the Nut Krakatuk and the Princess Pirlipate, and Part III The Story of Marie and the King of the Toys. Alexandre Dumas 1802-1870 was a famous French writer. He is best remembered for his exciting romantic sagas, including The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Despite making a great deal of money from his writing, Dumas was almost perpetually penniless thanks to his extravagant lifestyle. His novels have since been translated