E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

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E. T. A. Hoffmann’s *The Nutcracker and the Mouse King* is a classic 1816 German fairy tale that tells the fantastical story of a young girl whose Christmas nutcracker comes to life and battles the evil Mouse King, inspiring numerous famous adaptations including Tchaikovsky’s ballet *The Nutcracker*.

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instanceOf fairy tale ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
adaptationSourceFor Alexandre Dumas’s adaptation Histoire d’un casse-noisette ⓘ
Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s choreography for The Nutcracker ⓘ
adaptedBy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
adaptedInto ballet ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday Christmas ⓘ
author E. T. A. Hoffmann ⓘ
containsFrameStory The Tale of the Hard Nut ⓘ
linked to: The Hard Nut
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
culturalStatus classic German fairy tale ⓘ
classic of children’s literature ⓘ
featuresCharacter Drosselmeier ⓘ
Fritz Stahlbaum ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Kinder-Märchen ⓘ
genre Christmas story ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasAlternativeEnglishTitle The Nutcracker ⓘ
hasCharacterType anthropomorphic animals ⓘ
personified toys ⓘ
hasMoralElement virtue and steadfastness are rewarded ⓘ
influenced children’s picture-book retellings ⓘ
numerous film adaptations ⓘ
numerous stage adaptations ⓘ
inspiredWork Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryInfluenceOn Christmas literature tradition ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainAntagonist Mouse King ⓘ
mainCharacter Marie Stahlbaum ⓘ
the Nutcracker ⓘ
linked to: The Nutcracker
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
originalTitle Nussknacker und Mausekönig ⓘ
period early 19th century literature ⓘ
plotElement a nutcracker comes to life ⓘ
battle between toy soldiers and mice ⓘ
curse on a prince transformed into a nutcracker ⓘ
publicationYear 1816 ⓘ
settingPlace Stahlbaum family home ⓘ
settingTime Christmas Eve ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
families ⓘ
theme childhood and coming of age ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
loyalty and courage ⓘ
the boundary between dream and reality ⓘ

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Drosselmeier → basedOnCharacterFrom → E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King ⓘ
Танец Феи Драже → основан на → сказка Э. Т. А. Гофмана «Щелкунчик и Мышиный король» (через либретто балета) ⓘ
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Щелкунчик → либреттоОснованоНа → повесть-сказка «Щелкунчик и Мышиный король» Э. Т. А. Гофмана ⓘ
linked to: E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King