Fairy Tales

Informationen zum Autor Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) wrote more than 150 haunting tales. Many were based on folktales and many were his own original creations. Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator of Scandinavian fiction, including Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter . Jackie Wullschlager's books include a critically acclaimed biography of Hans Christian Andersen. She is the chief art correspondent for Financial Times . Klappentext Nunnally's sparkling new translation captures the rawness and immediacy of Andersen's style. Zusammenfassung Collects such fairy tales as: "The Tinderbox"; "The Emperor's New Clothes"; "The Little Mermaid"; "The Ugly Duckling"; "The Ice maiden"; and, "The Wood Nymph". Inhaltsverzeichnis Fairy TalesAcknowledgments Chronology Introduction Further Reading Translator's Note A Note on the Illustrations Fairy Tales The Tinderbox Little Claus and Big Claus The Princess on the Pea Thumbelina The Traveling Companion The Little Mermaid The Emperor's New Clothes The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Wild Swans The Flying Trunk The Nightingale The Sweethearts The Ugly Duckling The Fir Tree The Snow Queen The Red Shoes The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep The Shadow The Old House The Little Match Girl The Story of a Mother The Collar The Bell The Marsh King's Daughter The Wind Tells of Valdemar Daae and His Daughters The Snowman The Ice Maiden The Wood Nymph The Most Incredible Thing Auntie Toothache Notes

Product details

• Authors: Hans Christian Andersen, Anders Nilsen, Tiina Nunnally, Jackie Wullschlager
• Assisted by: Anders Nilsen (Illustration), Jackie Wullschlager (Editor), Jackie Wullschläger (Editor), Jackie Wullschlager (Introduction), Tiina Nunnally (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780143039525
• ISBN: 978-0-14-303952-5
• No. of pages: 437
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 213 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Penguin Deluxe Classics; Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition; Deluxe Classics; Penguin Classics Deluxe; Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition; Deluxe Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Märchen (div.) s.a. Einzelgebiet, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, Classic fiction