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The Nutcracker - cover

The Nutcracker

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Publisher: Interactive Media

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Summary

On Christmas Eve, the children of Doctor Stahlbaum were not allowed into the family room, let alone the adjoining living room. Evening had come, and Fritz and Marie Stahlbaum sat huddled in a corner. As was usual on Christmas Eve, no-one had brought in a light, and so they sat in an eerie darkness.
Available since: 08/15/2015.
Print length: 64 pages.

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