Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
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About This Book
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, the son of a shoemaker. His early life was wretched, but he was adopted by a patron and became a short-story writer, novelist and playwright, though he remains best-known for his magical fairy tales which were published between 1835 and 1872.For 150 years his stories have been delighting both adults and children. Packed with a light-hearted whimsy combined with a mature wisdom they are as entrancing as ever. Here are all of Andersen's magical tales for you to enjoy!
Chapters (202)
- FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
- CONTENTS
- A Story By the Almshouse Window The Angel Anne Lisbeth The Conceited Apple-branch Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind The Beetle who went on his Travels The Bell The Bell-deep The Bird of Popular Song The Bishop of Borglum and his Warriors The Bottle Neck The Buckwheat The Butterfly A Cheerful Temper The Child in the Grave Children's Prattle The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock The Daisy The Darning-Needle Delaying is not Forgetting The Drop of Water The Dryad Jack the Dullard The Dumb Book The Elf of the Rose The Elfin Hill The Emperor's New Suit The Fir Tree The Flax The Flying Trunk The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf The Goblin and the Huckster The Golden Treasure The Goloshes of Fortune She was Good for Nothing Grandmother A Great Grief The Happy Family A Leaf from Heaven Holger Danske Ib and Little Christina The Ice Maiden The Jewish Maiden The Jumper The Last Dream of the Old Oak The Last Pearl Little Claus and Big Claus The Little Elder-tree Mother Little Ida's Flowers The Little Match-seller The Little Mermaid Little Tiny or Thumbelina Little Tuk The Loveliest Rose in the World The Mail-coach Passengers The Marsh King's Daughter The Metal Pig The Money-box What the Moon Saw The Neighbouring Families The Nightingale There is no Doubt about it In the Nursery The Old Bachelor's Nightcap The Old Church Bell The Old Grave-stone The Old House What the Old Man Does is Always Right The Old Street Lamp Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream God Ole the Tower-keeper Our Aunt The Garden of Paradise The Pea Blossom The Pen and the Inkstand The Philosopher's Stone The Phoenix Bird The Portuguese Duck The Porter's Son Poultry Meg's Family The Princess and the Pea The Psyche The Puppet-show Man The Races The Red Shoes Everything in the Right Place A Rose from Homer's Grave The Snail and the Rose-tree A Story from the Sand-hills The Saucy Boy The Shadow The Shepherdess and the Sheep The Silver Shilling The Shirt-collar The Snow Man The Snow Queen The Snowdrop Something Soup from a Sausage Skewer The Storks The Storm Shakes the Shield The Story of a Mother The Sunbeam and the Captive The Swan's Nest The Swineherd The Thistle's Experiences The Thorny Road of Honor In a Thousand Years The Brave Tin Soldier The Tinder-box The Toad The Top and Ball The Travelling Companion Two Brothers Two Maidens The Ugly Duckling Under the Willow Tree In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea What One Can Invent The Wicked Prince The Wild Swans The Will-o-the-Wisp in the Town, Says the Wild Woman The Story of the Wind The Windmill The Story of the Year
- A STORY
- THE ANGEL
- ANNE LISBETH
- THE CONCEITED APPLE-BRANCH
- BEAUTY OF FORM AND BEAUTY OF MIND
- THE BEETLE WHO WENT ON HIS TRAVELS
- THE BELL
- THE BELL-DEEP
- THE BIRD OF POPULAR SONG
- THE BISHOP OF BORGLUM AND HIS WARRIORS
- THE BOTTLE NECK
- THE BUCKWHEAT
- THE BUTTERFLY
- A CHEERFUL TEMPER
- "The man with a cheerful temper."
- THE CHILD IN THE GRAVE
- CHILDREN'S PRATTLE
- THE FARM-YARD COCK AND THE WEATHER-COCK
- THE DAISY
- THE DARNING-NEEDLE
- DELAYING IS NOT FORGETTING
- THE DROP OF WATER
- THE DRYAD
- JACK THE DULLARD AN OLD STORY TOLD ANEW
- THE DUMB BOOK
- THE ELF OF THE ROSE
- THE ELFIN HILL
- THE EMPEROR'S NEW SUIT
- THE FIR TREE
- THE FLAX
- THE FLYING TRUNK
- THE SHEPHERD'S STORY OF THE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP
- THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF
- THE GOBLIN AND THE HUCKSTER
- THE GOLDEN TREASURE
- THE GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE A BEGINNING
- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COUNSELLOR
- THE WATCHMAN'S ADVENTURES
- THE EVENTFUL MOMENT—A MOST UNUSUAL JOURNEY
- THE CLERK'S TRANSFORMATION
- THE BEST THING THE GOLOSHES DID
- SHE WAS GOOD FOR NOTHING
- GRANDMOTHER
- A GREAT GRIEF
- THE HAPPY FAMILY
- A LEAF FROM HEAVEN
- HOLGER DANSKE
- IB AND LITTLE CHRISTINA
- THE ICE MAIDEN I. LITTLE RUDY
- II. THE JOURNEY TO THE NEW HOME
- III. THE UNCLE
- IV. BABETTE
- V. ON THE WAY HOME
- VI. THE VISIT TO THE MILL
- VII. THE EAGLE'S NEST
- VIII. WHAT FRESH NEWS THE PARLOR-CAT HAD TO TELL
- IX. THE ICE MAIDEN
- X. THE GODMOTHER
- XI. THE COUSIN
- XII. EVIL POWERS
- XIII. AT THE MILL
- XIV. NIGHT VISIONS
- XV. THE CONCLUSION
- THE JEWISH MAIDEN
- THE JUMPER
- THE LAST DREAM OF THE OLD OAK
- THE LAST PEARL
- LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS
- THE LITTLE ELDER-TREE MOTHER
- LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS
- THE LITTLE MATCH-SELLER
- THE LITTLE MERMAID
- LITTLE TINY OR THUMBELINA
- LITTLE TUK
- THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD
- THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS
- THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER
- THE METAL PIG
- THE MONEY-BOX
- WHAT THE MOON SAW INTRODUCTION
- FIRST EVENING
- SECOND EVENING
- THIRD EVENING
- FOURTH EVENING
- FIFTH EVENING
- SIXTH EVENING
- SEVENTH EVENING
- EIGHTH EVENING
- NINTH EVENING
- TENTH EVENING
- ELEVENTH EVENING
- TWELFTH EVENING
- THIRTEENTH EVENING
- FOURTEENTH EVENING
- FIFTEENTH EVENING
- SIXTEENTH EVENING
- SEVENTEENTH EVENING
- EIGHTEENTH EVENING
- NINETEENTH EVENING
- TWENTIETH EVENING
- TWENTY-FIRST EVENING
- TWENTY-SECOND EVENING
- TWENTY-THIRD EVENING
- TWENTY-FOURTH EVENING
- TWENTY-FIFTH EVENING
- TWENTY-SIXTH EVENING
- TWENTY-SEVENTH EVENING
- TWENTY-EIGHTH EVENING
- TWENTY-NINTH EVENING
- THIRTIETH EVENING
- THIRTY-FIRST EVENING
- THIRTY-SECOND EVENING
- THE NEIGHBOURING FAMILIES
- THE NIGHTINGALE
- THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
- IN THE NURSERY
- THE OLD BACHELOR'S NIGHTCAP
- THE OLD CHURCH BELL (WRITTEN FOR THE SCHILLER ALBUM)
- THE OLD GRAVE-STONE
- THE OLD HOUSE
- WHAT THE OLD MAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT
- THE OLD STREET LAMP
- OLE-LUK-OIE, THE DREAM-GOD
- MONDAY
- TUESDAY
- WEDNESDAY
- THURSDAY
- FRIDAY
- SATURDAY
- SUNDAY
- OLE THE TOWER-KEEPER
- FIRST VISIT
- SECOND VISIT
- THIRD VISIT
- OUR AUNT
- THE GARDEN OF PARADISE
- THE PEA BLOSSOM
- THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND
- THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
- THE PHOENIX BIRD
- THE PORTUGUESE DUCK
- THE PORTER'S SON
- POULTRY MEG'S FAMILY
- THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
- THE PSYCHE
- THE PUPPET-SHOW MAN
- THE RACES
- THE RED SHOES
- EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT PLACE
- A ROSE FROM HOMER'S GRAVE
- THE SNAIL AND THE ROSE-TREE
- A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS
- THE SAUCY BOY
- THE SHADOW
- THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE SHEEP
- THE SILVER SHILLING
- THE SHIRT-COLLAR
- THE SNOW MAN
- THE SNOW QUEEN IN SEVEN STORIES
- STORY THE FIRST
- SECOND STORY A LITTLE BOY AND A LITTLE GIRL
- THIRD STORY THE FLOWER GARDEN OF THE WOMAN WHO COULD CONJURE
- FOURTH STORY THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS
- FIFTH STORY LITTLE ROBBER-GIRL
- SIXTH STORY THE LAPLAND WOMAN AND THE FINLAND WOMAN
- SEVENTH STORY OF THE PALACE OF THE SNOW QUEEN AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE AT LAST
- THE SNOWDROP
- SOMETHING
- SOUP FROM A SAUSAGE SKEWER
- WHAT THE FIRST LITTLE MOUSE SAW AND HEARD ON HER TRAVELS
- WHAT THE SECOND MOUSE HAD TO TELL
- WHAT THE FOURTH MOUSE, WHO SPOKE BEFORE THE THIRD, HAD TO TELL
- HOW IT WAS PREPARED
- THE STORKS
- THE STORM SHAKES THE SHIELD
- THE STORY OF A MOTHER
- THE SUNBEAM AND THE CAPTIVE
- THE SWAN'S NEST
- THE SWINEHERD
- THE THISTLE'S EXPERIENCES
- THE THORNY ROAD OF HONOR
- IN A THOUSAND YEARS
- THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER
- THE TINDER-BOX
- THE TOAD
- THE TOP AND BALL
- THE TRAVELLING COMPANION
- TWO BROTHERS
- TWO MAIDENS
- THE UGLY DUCKLING
- UNDER THE WILLOW-TREE
- IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA
- WHAT ONE CAN INVENT
- THE WICKED PRINCE
- THE WILD SWANS
- THE WILL-O-THE WISP IS IN THE TOWN, SAYS THE MOOR WOMAN
- THE STORY OF THE WIND
- THE WINDMILL
- THE STORY OF THE YEAR
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