The Nutcracker and the Mouse King = Nussknacker und Mausekönig: reading 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 the immortal fairy tale by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King," which... unfolds on Christmas Eve, when the most cherished wishes come true and the most amazing meetings occur. 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 the fairy-tale kingdom. This fairy tale will not only enrich your vocabulary and help you master grammatical constructions in context but also make you believe in miracles again. The complete text of the work is accompanied by a detailed lexical-grammatical commentary with references to rules in the Grammatical Handbook. At the end of the book, there is a German-Russian dictionary that includes the vocabulary of the fairy tale. The edition is intended for all who are learning German and strive to read books in the original.