'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King' is a story written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. Read this popular story to know how Marie, in the end, goes to the Doll Kingdom where she is crowned as the queen and eventually marries the Prince. The original flavor of this classic has been carefully retained in this abridged version.