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Hans Christian Andersen (/ˈhɑːnz ˈkrɪstʃən ˈændərsən/; Danish: [hanˀs kʰʁæsd̥jan ˈɑnɐsn̩] ( listen); often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in Danish or "fairy-tales" in English, express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", and many more.

His stories have inspired ballets, both animated and live-action films, and plays.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Thora Hallager (1821-1884) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Jan 20, 2022

by Hans Christian Andersen

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Hans Christian Andersen began publishing his Fairy Tales in 1835. This collection of 127 of the stories was translated by Mrs. Paull in 1872.

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20 cuentos infantiles clásicos de siempre (Spanish Edition) Jun 19, 2014

by Hans Christian Andersen, Hermanos Grimm, Lewis Carroll, Charles Perrault, Félix María Samaniego, Jonathan Swift, Jean de la Fontaine, Claudio Collodi, Daniel Defoe

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Adaptación para leer en voz alta de veinte de los mejores cuentos para niños de todos los tiempos. Contiene:

El patito feo (Hans Christian Andersen)
Caperucita roja (Hermanos Grimm)
Simbad el marino (Anónimo, de los cuentos de las mil y una noches)
Alicia en el país de las maravillas (Lewis Carroll)
La Cenicienta (Charles Perrault)
La lechera (Félix María Samaniego)
Gulliver en Lilliput (Jonathan Swift)
El gato con botas (Charles Perrault)
La ratita presumida (Charles Perrault)
Pulgarcito (Charles Perrault)
Hansel y Gretel (Hermanos Grimm)
La bella durmiente (Charles Perrault)
Los músicos de Brema (Hermanos Grimm)
La gallina de los huevos de oro (Jean de La Fontaine)
El soldadito de plomo (Hans Christian Andersen)
Pinocho (Claudio Collodi)
Alí Babá (Anónimo, de los cuentos de las mil y una noches)
Los tres cerditos (Anónimo)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)

¡Una lectura imprescindible para los niños de hoy y de siempre!

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The Little Mermaid (With Original Illustrations) Apr 23, 2014

by Hans Christian Andersen, Vilhelm Pedersen, Helen Stratton, H.B. Paull

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After saving a prince from drowning, a mermaid princess embraces a life of extreme self-sacrifice to win his love and gain an immortal soul.

Over a century after its first publication, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid persists as one of the world’s most enduring works of fantasy for children.

This edition combines the world-famous translation of H.B. Paull with two sets of classic illustrations, the engravings of Vilhelm Pedersen from the original Danish edition and Helen Stratton’s illustrations from the first English edition of The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Both sets provide a beautiful and dramatic visual compliment to this haunting and inexpressibly moving tale of love.

Also included are notes with pronunciations and definitions of some words that may be unfamiliar to grade school readers.

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Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (The Greatest Writers of All Time Book 2) Mar 18, 2020

by Hans Christian Andersen

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This book, newly updated, contains the complete Andersen’s 168 fairy tales and stories in the chronological order of their original publication.

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyrs, or "fantastic tales"—express themes that transcend age and nationality.

During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and was feted by royalty. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.

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Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales Feb 15, 2021

by Hans Christian Andersen

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This book contains the complete Andersen’s 168 fairy tales and stories in the chronological order of their original publication.

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyrs, or "fantastic tales"—express themes that transcend age and nationality.

During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide and was feted by royalty. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.

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The Snow Queen (With Original Illustrations) Apr 18, 2014

by Hans Christian Andersen, Vilhelm Pedersen, H.B. Paull

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When a boy is cursed with an inability to perceive goodness, a young girl must go on a lonely quest to restore his heart and vision and free him from captivity in the palace of the Snow Queen.

Few works of children’s literature have had as deep and lasting an impact as Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, which has won the hearts of young readers for almost two centuries, and inspired works as diverse as Disney’s Frozen and C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

This version combines the classic English translation of H.B. Paull with the dramatic and beautiful engravings of Vilhelm Pedersen from the original, Danish edition.

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Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics) Mar 18, 2014

by Hans Christian Andersen, Jan Pienkowski

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Eighteen enduring fables from one of the world’s best-loved storytellers
Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales have long delighted millions of readers, young and old, and inspired myriad film, stage, and musical adaptations. This collection, including beloved classics “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen” (the basis for the blockbuster film Frozen), and “The Little Match Girl,” is the perfect introduction to Andersen’s groundbreaking use of plain language and realistic settings to explore life’s great mysteries. Inspired by the ancient Danish legends and stories from Arabian Nights that his father told him, Andersen composed his fables to be read aloud, and approached difficult subjects and complex truths with a directness that children and adults still find refreshing nearly two centuries later.
From “The Red Shoes” to “The Dream of Little Tuk,” this selection of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales is a must-have for readers who already know his work by heart, and those discovering the singular power of his imagination for the very first time.

This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

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Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen "The Annotated Classic Edition" Jan 13, 2022

by Hans Christian Andersen

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This did not leave the princesses mind and even a splendid ball could not take her mind to more joyful things. So she decided to visit the sea witch, who lives beyond the dangerous whirlpools in a field of ugly polyps, that only care to kill all that comes close. Her house is maid of the bones of the drowned. The witch knew what the mermaid wanted and offered a painful draught that would give her legs and human beauty, but also pain with every step. She explained that when the prince would marry someone else her quest for a soul would end in sorrow and she would die like a mermaid, in sea foam. The witch asked for her voice as payment and once the mermaid agreed went to mix the draught.

She did as asked and drank the potion on the beach the next morning, where the prince found her naked body. She was indeed unable to speak anymore, but more graceful than any other human. Every step pained her and she won the affection of the prince. However, his affection was more that of a father than that of a lover and he cherished her dearly, but did not intend to marry her. He only spoke of the young maiden that saved him that day on the beach. Time goes by and the prince and the mermaid are together most of the time and very fond of each other, but no talk of marriage comes up. One day the prince is called to visit another kingdom to see if he wants to marry the princess there. He says he would not, as he only wanted to girl from the beach.

However, once he lays eyes on the princess from the other kingdom, he realizes that she is the one who picked him up on the beached and nursed him back to health and a big celebration on the day of their marriage is planed. The little mermaid is full of sorrow and knows of her impending death. On the day of the wedding, a short time before sunset, and her death, her sisters come to her, bearing a knife from the sea witch. They explain that they have given their hair so she can become a mermaid again, when she kills the prince and drenches her legs in his blood. However, the little mermaid is unable to do so and turns into sea foam....

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The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen - Complete Collection (Illustrated and Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection Book 18) Nov 30, 2011

by Hans Christian Andersen

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Who has not laughed at the emperor’s new clothes, thrilled to the song of the nightingale, or sympathized with the ugly duckling? In the 170 years since they first began to appear, Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales have entranced and bewitched millions of readers, adults and children alike.

Writing in the midst of a Europe-wide rebirth of national literature, Anderson broke new ground with his fairy tales in two important ways. First, he composed them in the vernacular, mimicking the language he used in telling them to children aloud. Second, he set his tales in his own land and time, giving rise to his loving descriptions of the Danish countryside. In contrast to such folklorists as the Brothers Grimm, Anderson’s tales are grounded in the real and often focus on the significance of small or overlooked things.

Here are all of Andersen’s collected tales, many—such as "The Little Mermaid,” "The Red Shoes,” and "The Steadfast Tin Soldier”—still popular through modern adaptations, and others, including "The Flying Trunk” and "The Most Incredible Thing,” well worth rediscovering.

The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, by Hans Christian Andersen, is part of the Literary Classics Collection, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of the Literary Classics Collection:

- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. The Literary Classics Collection pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.

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Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Jan 16, 2022

by Hans Christian Andersen

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Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales have long delighted millions of readers, young and old, and inspired myriad film, stage, and musical adaptations. This collection, including beloved classics “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen” , and “The Little Match Girl,” is the perfect introduction to Andersen’s groundbreaking use of plain language and realistic settings to explore life’s great mysteries. Inspired by the ancient Danish legends and stories from Arabian Nights that his father told him, Andersen composed his fables to be read aloud, and approached difficult subjects and complex truths with a directness that children and adults still find refreshing nearly two centuries later.
From “The Red Shoes” to “The Dream of Little Tuk,” this selection of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales is a must-have for readers who already know his work by heart, and those discovering the singular power of his imagination for the very first time.

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The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen Nov 17, 2007

by Hans Christian Andersen, Maria Tatar, Julie K. Allen, Julie Allen

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A richly entertaining and informative collection of Hans Christian Andersen's stories, annotated by one of America's leading folklore scholars.

In her most ambitious annotated work to date, Maria Tatar celebrates the stories told by Denmark's "perfect wizard" and re-envisions Hans Christian Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. Andersen's most beloved tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Ugly Duckling," and "The Little Mermaid," are now joined by "The Shadow" and "Story of a Mother," mature stories that reveal his literary range and depth. Tatar captures the tales' unrivaled dramatic and visual power, showing exactly how Andersen became one of the world's ten most translated authors, along with Shakespeare, Dickens, and Marx. Lushly illustrated with more than one hundred fifty rare images, many in full color, by artists such as Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen will captivate readers with annotations that explore the rich social and cultural dimensions of the nineteenth century and construct a compelling portrait of a writer whose stories still fascinate us today.

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Le vaillant soldat de plomb / La petite sirène et autres contes (Libretti) (French Edition) Dec 7, 2011

by Hans Christian Andersen

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Édition enrichie (Préface, chronologie et bibliographie)

Que ce soit l'amour impossible d'un soldat de plomb pour une danseuse de porcelaine dans Le Vaillant Soldat de plomb, celui d'une petite sirène pour un prince dans La Petite Sirène, ou encore la mise en scène de la vanité des hommes dans Les Nouveaux Habits de l'empereur, Andersen sait avec une grande subtilité, à partir d'objets ou d'attitudes de la vie quotidienne, enchanter le réel. Chaque conte est ainsi pour l'écrivain l'occasion de relater un parcours initiatique à travers des récits courts, merveilleusement ciselés. Ses propres obsessions autobiographiques sont transfigurées en données universelles qui décrivent, sous une forme faussement anodine, les profondeurs de l'âme humaine. Dès lors, nous comprenons pourquoi les Contes d'Andersen restent le livre le plus traduit après la Bible.

Ce volume comprend : La Princesse sur le pois, La Petite Sirène, Les Nouveaux Habits de l'empereur, Le Vaillant Soldat de plomb, Le Vilain Petit Canard, La Bergère et le ramoneur, La Petite Fille aux allumettes.

Edition de Marc Auchet.

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