Andersen's Fairy Tales - Softcover

Hans Christian Andersen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193464823X ISBN 13: 9781934648230

Publisher: Norilana Books, 2007

Synopsis

This delightful collection of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales includes the following classic favorites:

- The Emperor's New Clothes
- The Swineherd
- The Real Princess
- The Shoes of Fortune
- The Fir Tree
- The Snow Queen
- The Leap-Frog
- The Elderbush
- The Bell
- The Old House
- The Happy Family
- The Story of a Mother
- The False Collar
- The Shadow
- The Little Match Girl
- The Dream of Little Tuk
- The Naughty Boy
- The Red Shoes

A great introduction to this beloved storyteller for all ages.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"The Princess and the Pea," "The Little Mermaid," and other great Andersen fairy tales have enchanted children since the first ones appeared in Danish in the 1830s and '40s. Spink's translation into English is widely recognized as the finest, and the new Everyman's Library edition is further graced by the magical pictures made in 1899 by three of Britain's most celebrated illustrators.

About the Author:

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker, who nonetheless was a great reader, made a toy-theatre for his son and taught him to notice every natural wonder as they walked in the woods together on Sundays. His father died when he was eleven, and it wasn't until six years later that, with the help of a patron, he finally went to a state secondary school attended by much younger children. There he suffered at the hands of a cruel headmaster, but he acquired an education and was determined to be a writer. He published his first novel and his first fairy tales in 1835; thereafter he wrote over 150 more of these stories which have become classics in many languages.

 

A lonely man who never married, he was also an anxious man; he loved travelling, but would carry a coil of rope with him in case of fire in his hotel. Although he originally addressed his fairy tales to children (and some would maintain he had a streak of childhood in his nature) he insisted they were "for all ages," and the gentleness and humor that are their characteristics are recognized by everyone.

About this edition

• Publisher: Norilana Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 193464823X
• ISBN 13: 9781934648230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168