The Nutcracker and Other Christmas Tales: (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)

This Christmas treasury features 10 heart-warming stories, including the title tale by Alexander Dumas which inspired the well-known ballet. The contents also include works by Louisa May Alcott, L. M. Montgomery and L. Frank Baum, as well as the full text of Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol. In addition, the collection includes a dozen poems, led by Clement Clark Moore s famous account of the night before Christmas, A Visit from St. Nicholas . The entire book features full-colour artwork from the Golden Age of Illustration.