1816 - The first book "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" - German: Nussknacker und Mausekönig) is a novella-fairy tale written by Prussian author E. T. A. Hoffmann. In this version the family name of Marie is Sthalbaum

1845 - The second book " The Story of a Nutcracker " - French : Histoire d'un casse-noisette written by the French author Alexandre Dumas ( Sr / the father ) - He revises the tale of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King In this version the family name of Marie is Silberhaus