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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
- Author
- E. T. A. Hoffmann
- Narrator
- Arthur Lane
- Publisher
- Lantern Audio
- Publish Date
- 3 August 2026
- Run Time
- 2 hours 20 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- E. T. A. Hoffmann
- Narrator
- Arthur Lane
- Duration
- 2 hours 20 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9788368887525
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Lantern Audio
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, young Marie receives a curious wooden nutcracker from her enigmatic godfather Drosselmeier. As midnight strikes, the toys come alive, a seven-headed Mouse King rises from beneath the floorboards, and Marie is swept into a dreamlike battle — and a darker tale of an enchanted prince and an ancient curse. E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 classic is the strange, shadowy original behind Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet: stranger, sharper, and far more haunting than you remember.
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