Hiddensee: A Tale Of The Once And Future Nutcracker
- Author: Gregory Maguire
- Narrator: Steven Crossley
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:03:44
Synopsis
In this imaginative novel rooted in the rich soil of early-nineteenth-century German Romanticism, beloved New York Times bestselling author Gregory Maguire twins an origin legend of the famous Nutcracker with the life of Drosselmeier, the toymaker who carves him.
Gregory Maguire’s novels have been called ""bewitching,"" ""remarkable,"" ""extraordinary,"" ""engrossing,"" ""amazing,"" and ""delicious."" Having brought his legions of devoted readers to Oz in Wicked, Wonderland in After Alice and Dickensian London in Lost, Maguire now takes us to the Black Forest of Bavaria and Munich of the Brothers Grimm and E. T. A. Hoffman. Hiddensee recreates the backstory of the Nutcracker, reimaging how this entrancing creature came to be carved and how it magically guided an ailing little girl named Klara through a dreamy paradise on a snowy Christmas Eve. It also brings to life the mysterious godfather Drosselmeier—the ominous, canny, one-eyed toymaker made immortal by Petipa and Tchaikovsky’s ballet—who presents the once and future Nutcracker to Klara, his goddaughter.
But Hiddensee is not just a retelling of a classic story. Maguire discovers in the flowering of German Romanticism a migrating strain of a Hellenic mystery-cult, and ponders a profound question: how a person who is abused by life, short-changed and challenged, can access secrets that benefit the disadvantaged and powerless. Ultimately, Hiddensee, offers a message of hope. If the compromised Godfather Drosselmeier can bring an enchanted Nutcracker to a young girl in distress, perhaps everyone, however lonely or marginalized on the eve of a winter holiday, has something precious to share.
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061 Chapter 59
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062 Chapter 60
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063 Chapter 61
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064 Chapter 62
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065 Chapter 63
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066 Part Two - Chapter 64
Duration: 07min -
067 Chapter 65
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068 Chapter 66
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069 Chapter 67
Duration: 11min -
070 Chapter 68
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071 Chapter 69
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072 Chapter 70
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073 Chapter 71
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074 Chapter 72
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075 Chapter 73
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076 Chapter 74
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077 Chapter 75
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078 Chapter 76
Duration: 10min -
079 Chapter 77
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080 Chapter 78
Duration: 02min