This collection of over forty of Anderson's most popular stories includes "The Ugly Duckling", "The Red Shoes", and "The Little Match Girl."
Vilhelm Pedersen Books
The Tinder Box and Other Fairy Tales
- 63 pages
- 3 hours of reading
'There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels' Though criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersen's tales made him an international star, taken to the hearts of children and adults for their beauty, sorrow and strangeness. Included here are 'The Steadfast Tin Soldier' and 'Big Klaus and Little Klaus'.
Blaue Reihe - 2: Sämtliche Märchen
- 806 pages
- 29 hours of reading
Sämtliche 156 Märchen der Ausgabe letzter Hand, ausgestattet mit 259 historischen Illustrationen. Band II enthält die berühmten Märchen der Spätzeit, darunter "Des Schlammkönigs Tochter", "Die Eisjungfrau", "Die Dryade", "Tante Zahnweh" und viele andere. Ausführliche Anmerkungen zu Band I und II, eine Zeittafel und ein Essay zu Leben und Werk von Heinrich Detering runden die Ausgabe ab.
The most beautiful fairy tales by H.C. Andersen. The life of Hans Christian Andersen reads like a fairy tale itself—he counted Charles Dickens among his friends and admirers, and European princes valued his company. Through determination, talent, fortunate circumstances, and an overflowing imagination, he carved his name into world literature, rising from impoverished beginnings. A fairy tale realm without Andersen would be severely impoverished, lacking characters such as the Snow Queen, the Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, and the Little Match Girl, as well as many inanimate objects that he brought to life: silver shillings and sewing needles, foremost among them his steadfast tin soldier. These motifs have inspired generations of artists. The best among them are found in this collection, featuring great names like Kay Nielsen and Arthur Rackham, the Swede Einar Nerman, and the Ukrainian avant-gardist Georgy Narbut, along with many others, including the eccentric Tom Seidmann-Freud, the legendary German silhouette artist Lotte Reiniger, and the Prague painter and designer Josef Palecek.
Diese Sammlung umfasst zahlreiche Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen, darunter Klassiker wie "Die kleine Meerjungfrau", "Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse" und "Das häßliche Entlein". Die Geschichten behandeln Themen wie Liebe, Verlust und das Streben nach Glück und sind reich an Fantasie und tiefgründigen Lehren.