Best Fairy Tales

Informationen zum Autor Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. He endured a lonely, impoverished childhood consoled by little more than his own imagination. He escaped to a theatre life in Copenhagen aged 14 where the support of a powerful patron enabled him to complete his scant education, and to write. His poetry, novels and travel books became hugely popular. But it was his Fairy Tales, the first children's stories of their kind, published in instalments from 1835 until the time of his death in 1875, that have immortalised him. Translated into more than 100 languages and adapted to every kind of media, they have made Andersen the most important children's writer in history. Zusammenfassung Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy tales - with an anarchic twist - but many of his most famous tales sprang directly from his imagination. The thirty stories here range from exuberant early works such as 'The Tinderbox' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes' through poignant masterpieces such as 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Little Match Girl' and 'The Ugly Duckling', to more subversive later tales such as 'The Ice Maiden' and 'The Dryad'. This is the classic translation by Jean Hersholt. Illustrated by various artists, with an Afterword by Ned Halley.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hans Christian Andersen
• Editore: Collector's Library
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9781907360251
• ISBN: 978-1-907360-25-1
• Pagine: 416
• Dimensioni: 102 mm x 158 mm x 23 mm
• Serie: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Libri per bambini fino a 11 anni; Märchen div. (Sammelbände für Kinder), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Denmark, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Fiction in translation, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Classic fiction: general and literary