Anderson, Hans Christian


Hans Christian Andersen (/ˈændərsən/, Danish: [hæns kʰʁæstjæn ˈanɐsn̩] (About this soundlisten); 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875), in Denmark usually called H.C. Andersen, was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen’s popularity is not limited to children; his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen’s fairy tales, consisting of 3381 works[1] and translated into more than 125 languages,[2] 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.[3] His most famous fairy tales include “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Little Mermaid,” “The Nightingale,” “The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Red Shoes”, “The Princess and the Pea,” “The Snow Queen,” “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Little Match Girl,” and “Thumbelina.” His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.[4] One of Copenhagen’s widest and busiest boulevards, skirting Copenhagen City Hall Square at the corner of which Andersen’s larger-than-life bronze statue sits, is named “H.C. Andersens Boulevard.”[5]

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson

TWO BROTHERS

TWO MAIDENS

THE ANGEL

ANNE LISBETH

BEAUTY OF FORM AND BEAUTY OF MIND

THE BELL-DEEP

THE BEETLE WHO WENT ON HIS TRAVELS

THE BUTTERFLY

THE BELL

THE BOTTLE NECK

THE BIRD OF POPULAR SONG

THE BISHOP OF BORGLUM AND HIS WARRIORS

THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER

THE BUCKWHEAT

BY THE ALMSHOUSE WINDOW

THE CONCEITED APPLE-BRANCH

THE CHILD IN THE GRAVE

A CHEERFUL TEMPER

CHILDREN’S PRATTLE

THE DAISY

DELAYING IS NOT FORGETTING

THE DARNING-NEEDLE

THE DRYAD

THE DUMB BOOK

THE DROP OF WATER

THE ELFIN HILL

THE ELF OF THE ROSE

THE EMPEROR’S NEW SUIT

EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT PLACE

THE FIR TREE

THE FLAX

THE FLYING TRUNK

THE FARM-YARD COCK AND THE WEATHER-COCK

THE GARDEN OF PARADISE

THE GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE

A GREAT GRIEF

THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF

THE GOBLIN AND THE HUCKSTER

GRANDMOTHER

THE GOLDEN TREASURE

HOLGER DANSKE

THE HAPPY FAMILY

IB AND LITTLE CHRISTINA

THE ICE MAIDEN

IN THE NURSERY

IN A THOUSAND YEARS

IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA

JACK THE DULLARD: AN OLD STORY TOLD ANEW

THE JEWISH MAIDEN

THE JUMPER

LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS

THE LAST DREAM OF THE OLD OAK

THE LITTLE ELDER-TREE MOTHER

A LEAF FROM HEAVEN

LITTLE IDA’S FLOWERS

THE LITTLE MERMAID

THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD

THE LAST PEARL

THE LITTLE MATCH-SELLER

LITTLE TINY OR THUMBELINA

LITTLE TUK

THE MONEY-BOX

THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS

THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER

THE METAL PIG

THE NEIGHBOURING FAMILIES

THE NIGHTINGALE

OUR AUNT

THE OLD BACHELOR’S NIGHTCAP

THE OLD CHURCH BELL

THE OLD GRAVE-STONE

THE OLD HOUSE

OLE-LUK-OIE, THE DREAM-GOD

THE OLD STREET LAMP

OLE THE TOWER-KEEPER

THE PHOENIX BIRD

THE PORTUGUESE DUCK

THE PEA BLOSSOM

THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE

POULTRY MEG’S FAMILY

THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND

THE PORTER’S SON

THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

THE PSYCHE

THE PUPPET-SHOW MAN

THE RACES

A ROSE FROM HOMER’S GRAVE

THE RED SHOES

THE SAUCY BOY

THE SUNBEAM AND THE CAPTIVE

THE SHIRT-COLLAR

THE SHADOW

THE SNOWDROP

THE SHEPHERD’S STORY OF THE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP

SHE WAS GOOD FOR NOTHING

THE SWINEHERD

THE SILVER SHILLING

THE STORKS

A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS

THE STORY OF A MOTHER

THE SNOW MAN

SOMETHING

THE SNOW QUEEN: IN SEVEN STORIES

THE SNAIL AND THE ROSE-TREE

THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE SHEEP

THE STORM SHAKES THE SHIELD

SOUP FROM A SAUSAGE SKEWER

A STORY

THE SWAN’S NEST

THE STORY OF THE WIND

THE STORY OF THE YEAR

THE TINDER-BOX

THE TRAVELLING COMPANION

THE THISTLE’S EXPERIENCES

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

THE TOAD

THE TOP AND BALL

THE THORNY ROAD OF HONOR

THE UGLY DUCKLING

UNDER THE WILLOW-TREE

WHAT ONE CAN INVENT

THE WINDMILL

WHAT THE MOON SAW

WHAT THE OLD MAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT

THE WICKED PRINCE

THE WILD SWANS

THE WILL-O-THE WISP IS IN THE TOWN, SAYS THE MOOR WOMAN