The Nutcracker

About this episode

Karla and Marie discuss 'The Nutcracker' by E.T.A. Hoffman, exploring its original story and themes.

We hope everyone had a happy holiday season! This episode is a bit delayed, we were both down with illness and then holidays. But we are ending (and beginning!) the year with one of Marie's favorite books, The Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman. This is the oldest book we've read so far, and even if you think you know the story you probably have never read the original. Join us as we battle mice and possibly journey to Narnia! Music: Fly Faster Chicken by Alexander Nakarada | //www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by //www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) //creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Hosts: Karla, Marie

Topics covered

• holiday season
• The Nutcracker
• children's literature
• classic stories
• E.T.A. Hoffman
• storytelling

Keywords

• The Nutcracker
• E.T.A. Hoffman
• children's books
• holiday stories
• classic literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Nutcracker

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