Bøger af E T a Hoffman

E.T.A. Hoffman's classic children's tale, The Nutcracker, is perhaps best known as the basis for Russian composer Tchaikovsky's extraordinarily popular ballet, composed in 1892 and performed throughout the world every year at holiday time. This original tale, written in 1816, tells the story of a seven year old girl, Marie Stahlbaum, and her favorite Christmas toy, a Nutcracker, who comes alive and, defeats the evil Mouse King in battle, and then whisks Marie away to a magical kingdom which is populated by dolls. In this dark, magical mystery that surrounds a story within a story, we meet Godpapa Drosselmeier, who was once the royal court's inventor. He tells Marie about the trickery of Dame Mouserink, the Queen of Mice. She was a vengeful queen who cast a curse on an innocent princess which forced Drosselmeier to undertake a very difficult task in order to break the spell. This caused a rivalry between the Nutcracker and the seven-headed Mouse-King - Dame Mouserink's son - a conflict that only Marie can help resolve. One of the world's greatest fantasy writers and one of the major authors of the Romantic movement, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) created extraordinary works of poetry, fantasy and supernatural fiction. He was also a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. His stories highly influenced 19th century literature.

La casa vacía, excelente relato de E.T.A Hoffman, pionero de la literatura gótica, fantástica y de misterio. Estos tres componentes son precisamente los que se mezclan a la perfección en este relato largo. Cuento de locura, un tema común de Hoffmann, pero en este caso se destaca lo bien tratada que está la atmósfera de misterio que envuelve la casa y los pocos datos que se dan para intentar entender lo que está pasando.

On Christmas Eve, brother and sister Fritz and Marie anxiously await their gifts. When her brother accidentally breaks a nutcracker, Marie takes it upon herself to bandage him. That night, as the grandfather clock begins to chime, a spell descends on the house and the toys come to life. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story by E.T.A. Hoffman.