The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

The fairy tale of Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann first published in the distant 1816 and became the most famous magical history of the German Romanist writer. Today, after more than 200 years, this is an outstanding literary work in which sincere feelings of the good and compassionate girl Marie destroy the witchcraft and save the main character in the appearance of a tiny freak of the Nutcracker, continues to fascinate readers of all ages.
In this publication, the wonderful events of the Hoffmann masterpiece, imbued with the belief that good will certainly win evil and that a person can be truly happy are represented in the classic Russian translation of the Pushkin Prize for 1901 Alexander Lukich Sokolovsky (1837–1915 ) The romantic atmosphere of Hoffmann, the mystery and kindness of his history, in which the worlds of people, mice and dolls are mating and mutual, help to present colorful illustrations of modern Ukrainian artist Marina Puzyarenko