Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H. C. Andersen; April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet. 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, or "fairy-tales" - 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. 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 Galoshes 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 S