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A nightingale in my backyard. That is the kind of thing one can only learn by reading books.
Who is writing a thesis on the category of Tragedy in fairy tale? On the category of eschatology?
The Winners: Hare awarded first prize for running (beating the sunbeam - he has family on the committee), Snail awarded second prize for his dedication to the sport.
A Leaf from Heaven: "The king was so sad that even working didn't help."
Clod Hans: "I got the story straight out of the alderman's newspaper and that cannot be trusted." ( )
I still love my fairy tales, so you'd think I'd have read Hans Christian Anderson before, well I've only read one or two stories previously. Finally had the nerve to read this 800 page monster of a book. Even though these stories are meant for children, compared to modern children stories, they are heavy with material that might be over their heads. Maybe it's a good thing I waited. I also recommend reading this in the winter during Christmas time.
One thing that took me by surprise was the amount of Christian stories HCA wrote. I kind of figured he was religious, but not that religious. I have no issues with the stories, but feel like it needs to be said. It's one of his major themes that seems to have vanished over the years. So if you get sensitive over pro-religious stories, I'd avoid HCA or find an abridge version.
My favorite story was the Little Match Girl. Maybe the saddest Christmas story I've read, but I really liked it. Beautifully written and left my mind to wonder. Reminded very much of a Dickens novel. I'd read it again and again actually. ( )
This is a great collection of Hans Christian Andersen's tales. Although it is not actually a "complete" set, there are some really great stories. I particularly liked The Little Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, and many others. They are very different tales, but are still very good, they just don't fit the "normal" Americanized fairy tales.
For my husband Anthony John Ranson with love from your wife, the publisher, Eternally grateful for your unconditional love, not just for me, but for our children Simon, Andrew and Nichola Trayler
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Unlike the Brothers Grimm, who collected and recorded popular tales, Hans Christian Andersen wrote his own "folk" tales, using story elements and images called, to be sure, from his childhood recollections.
The Tinder-Box:
There came a soldier marching along the high road - one, two! one, two!
The Tinder Box (1835) There came a solider marching down the high road - 9one, Two! One, Two.
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The Flea and the Professor:
They are wealthy folk now - oh, most respectable folk - the flea and the Professor.
More than 156 of the great Dane's best-loved fairy tales.
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Contents: The fir tree -- Littly tiny or Thumbelina -- The brave tin soldier -- The ugly duckling -- Little Ida's flowers -- The storks -- The money-box -- The top and ball -- The wild swans -- Ole-Luk-Oie, the dream-God -- Little Tuk -- The snow queen -- The old house -- The happy family -- The elf of the rose -- The angel -- The story of the year -- The conceited apple branch -- The pea blossom -- The bettle who went on his travels -- The bottle neck -- The last dram of the old oak -- The Portuguese duck -- The snow man -- The pan and the inkstand -- The butterfly -- Soup from a sausage skewer -- The little mermaid -- The old street lamp -- The darning needle -- A rose from Homer's grave -- The flax -- The shirt collar -- The little match seller -- The buckwheat -- Little Claus and Big Claus -- The travelling companion -- The golashes of fortune -- The flying trunk -- The racers -- The metal pig -- The shepherdess and the sheep -- The nightingale -- She was good for nothing -- The goblin and the huckster -- What the old man does is always right -- The story of a mother -- Ib and little Christina -- Under the willow tree -- The shepherd's story of the bond of friendship -- The Jewish maiden -- The old bachelor's nightcap -- The puppet show man -- Anne Lisbeth -- Beauty of form and beauty of mind -- The philosopher's stone -- In the uttermost parts of the sea -- The marsh king's daughter -- The child in the grave -- The elfin hill -- The garden of paradise -- The tinder-box -- The shadow -- The main coach passengers -- The new century's goddess -- What the moon saw -- Lucky peer -- The court cards. Grandmother -- The last pearl -- Something -- A cheerful temper -- The story of the wind -- The ice maiden -- The old church bell -- Holger Danske -- The sunbeam and the captive -- Chrildren's prattle -- The silver shilling -- The old grave stone -- The loveliest rose in the world -- A leaf from heaven -- The girl who trod on the loaf -- The emperor's new suit -- The daisy -- The swineherd -- The saucy boy -- The princess and the pea -- The red shoes -- The little elder tree mother -- The neighbouring families -- The wicked prince -- The bell -- There is no doubt about it -- A story -- Everything in the right place -- The dumb book -- Two brothers -- The snail and the rose tree -- The farm yard cock and the weather cock -- Delaying is not forgetting -- A story from the sand hills -- The gardener and the noble family -- The talisman -- On judgment day -- This fable is intended for you -- The teapot -- The goblin and the woman -- Which was the happiest? -- Peiter, Peter, and Peer -- The candles -- The most incredible thing -- Vano and Glano -- The great sea serpent -- The little green ones -- The flea and the professor -- The days of the week -- The comet -- What the whole family said -- Luck may lie in a pin -- sunshine stories -- The rags -- Dance, dance, doll of mine! -- Aunty Toothache -- The cripple -- The gate key -- What old Johanne told -- Godfather's picture book -- A great grief -- The jumper -- Jack the dullard -- Ole the tower keeper -- The drop of water -- Two maidens -- The bishop of Borglum and his warriors -- The Phoenix bird -- The swan's nest -- The psyche -- The will-o'-the wisp is in the town, says the moor woman -- The windmill -- In the nursery -- The golden treasure -- The storm shakes the shied -- The bird of popular song -- The toad -- The porter's son -- The snowdrop -- Our aunt -- The dryad -- The thistle's experiences -- Poultry Meg's family -- What one can invent -- The thorny road of honor -- In a thousand years -- By the almshouse window -- Moving day -- A string of pearls.
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 154 tales, and among the favourites are The Red Shoes, The Mermaid, The Real Princess, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Tinder Box and of course The Ugly Duckling.
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Who is writing a thesis on the category of Tragedy in fairy tale? On the category of eschatology?
The Winners: Hare awarded first prize for running (beating the sunbeam - he has family on the committee), Snail awarded second prize for his dedication to the sport.
A Leaf from Heaven: "The king was so sad that even working didn't help."
Clod Hans: "I got the story straight out of the alderman's newspaper and that cannot be trusted." (