Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

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Fairy Tales

» Hans Christian Andersen

Translator - Tiina Nunnally

Editor - Jackie Wullschlager

Penguin Classics
Paperback : 27 Oct 2005

£11.99

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With this new translation and selection, the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius is revealed. At a time when children's stories were formal, moral and didactic, Hans Christian Andersen revolutionized the genre, giving an anarchic twist to traditional folklore and creating a huge number of utterly original stories that sprang directly from his imagination. From the exuberant early stories such as The Emperor's New Clothes, though poignant masterpieces such as The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling, to the darker, more subversive later tales written for adults, the stories included here are endlessly experimental, both humorous and irreverent, sorrowful and strange.