The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen (Illustrated Edition)

Ebook

*Contains nearly 150 fairy tales, including the Emperors New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match Girl, and other classics. *Illustrated with over a dozen pictures of Andersen and the fairy tales original illustrations. When the Brothers Grimm first published their collection of now famous fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was just 10 years old. But Andersen was destined to become a talented Danish author of fairy tales and childrens stories himself, writing popular stories like The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling. Andersen was extremely popular in his time, making friendships with royalty and writers like Charles Dickens while his works were translated into over 100 languages worldwide. Ironically, the work for which Andersen is best remembered was one of his least popular at first. In 1835, Andersen published his Fairy Tales for the first time, but they sold poorly, even while Andersens novel Only a Fiddler fared well. This edition of The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with pictures of the Andersen, his life, and work.