Selected Fairy Tales

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
'It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!' (from 'The Ugly Duckling')
This collection brings together some of Hans Christian Andersen's most popular fairy tales - including 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'Thumbelina' - in a celebration of one of the world's most widely recognised children's authors. With universal themes and dark humour at their heart, these moralistic tales have delighted readers since first publication in the nineteenth century and continued to be well loved today.
The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, a storyteller of great importance to Western literature, have inspired many films, ballets and plays, and entertained generations of children and adults alike.

About the author

Hans Christian Andersen wurde am 2. April 1805 in Odense (Dänemark) geboren und wuchs in ärmlichen Verhältnissen auf. Der Dänenkönig Friedrich VI., dem seine Begabung aufgefallen war, ermöglichte ihm 1822 den Besuch der Lateinschule in Slagelsen. Bis 1828 wurde ihm auch das Universitätsstudium bezahlt. Andersen unternahm Reisen durch Deutschland, Frankreich und Italien, die ihn zu lebhaften impressionistischen Studien anregten. Der Weltruhm Andersens ist auf den insgesamt 168 von ihm geschriebenen Märchen begründet. Andersen starb am 4.8.1875 in Kopenhagen.

Summary

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

Product details

• Authors: Hans Christian Andersen, Hans C Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 6
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9780007558155
• ISBN: 978-0-00-755815-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Collins Classics; Collins Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Märchen (div.) s.a. Einzelgebiet, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage)