The Nutcracker and the Mouse King = Nu?knacker und Mausekonig: read in the original with commentary

The best way to learn a foreign language is to read a work of fiction, gradually mastering vocabulary and grammar. Improve your German with Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann's immortal fairy tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", which takes place... on Christmas Eve, when the most cherished wishes come true and the most amazing encounters take place. Little Marie and her faithful Nutcracker will open the doors to an exciting magical world, where children's toys come to life, and evil kings and brave heroes fight for the fate of a fairy-tale kingdom. This fairy tale will not only enrich your vocabulary and help you master grammatical structures in context, but will also make you believe in miracles again. The full text of the work is provided with a detailed lexical and grammatical commentary with references to the rules in the Grammar Reference. At the end of the book there is a German-Russian dictionary, including the vocabulary of the fairy tale. The publication is intended for everyone who learns German and strives to read books in the original.