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" and "The Ugly Duckling," to more subversive later tales such as "The Ice maiden" and "The Wood Nymph."
| ISBN: | 9780143039525 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2006 |
| Author: | H C Andersen, Tiina Nunnally, Jackie Wullschläger |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 437 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
| Genres: |
Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales Shorter Reads Classic fiction: general and literary |