Marie, journeying from childhood to the altar, old Drosselmeier the taleteller and Nutcracker himself are no longer marzipan creations.
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What is this perverse allure of the horrible that in all ages and nations has made men sit at the feet of the taleteller who can summon adrenalin with shadow dangers?
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The work tells its own story, with the calm authority of a village taleteller who scorns to raise her voice, merely proving again and again and again that she knows us better than we know ourselves.